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Herman Goldstine

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American mathematician (1913-2004)

United StatesAcademicsLived 1913 to 2004 · aged 90
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Herman Heine Goldstine was a mathematician and computer scientist, who worked as the director of the IAS machine at the Institute for Advanced Study and helped to develop ENIAC, the first of the modern electronic digital computers.

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Herman Goldstine at The Princeton Institute for Advanced Study (left to right: Julian Bigelow, Herman Goldstine, J. Robert Oppenheimer, and John von Neumann)Herman Goldstine at The Princeton Institute for Advanced Study (left to right: Julian Bigelow, Herman Goldstine, J. Robert Oppenheimer, and John von Neumann)Flow chart from "Planning and coding of problems for an electronic computing instrument," 1947Flow chart from "Planning and coding of problems for an electronic computing instrument," 1947

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1983National Medal of Science
1983Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1979Harry H. Goode Memorial Award
1969IBM Fellow

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Nathaniel RochesterAlso won IBM FellowEdmund M. ClarkeAlso won Harry H. Goode Memorial AwardCarver MeadAlso won Harry H. Goode Memorial AwardMark DeanAlso won IBM FellowCharles H. BennettAlso won IBM FellowPeter ChenAlso won Harry H. Goode Memorial Award

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Herman Heine Goldstine was a mathematician and computer scientist, who worked as the director of the IAS machine at the Institute for Advanced Study and helped to develop ENIAC, the first of the modern electronic digital computers. He subsequently worked for many years at IBM as an IBM Fellow, the company's most prestigious technical position.

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United States
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Academic
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deceased
Dates
Lived 1913 to 2004 · aged 90
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