1940's Science and Technology | Atanasoff/Mauchly Correspondence, 1941

Letters

By: John V. Atanasoff and John W. Mauchly

Date: March–September 1941

Source: Atansoff, John V., and John W. Mauchly. Letters. March–September 1941. Reprinted in Mollenhoff, Clark R. Atanasoff: Forgotten Father of the Computer. Ames, Iowa: Iowa State University Press, 1988, 249–255.

About the Authors: John Vincent Atanasoff (1903–1995) was born near West Hamilton, New York. Mastering college algebra by the age of nine, Atanasoff eventually earned his Ph.D. in physics from Iowa State College (now University). In 1930, he joined the faculty staff at his alma mater, a position he held until 1952. He then established the Ordnance Engineering Corporation in Maryland, where he worked until his retirement in 1961.

John William Mauchly (1907–1980) was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and received a Ph.D. in physics from Johns Hopkins University in 1932. In 1945,...