John Adam Presper Eckert Jr. was an American electrical engineer and computer pioneer. With John Mauchly, he designed the first general-purpose electronic digital computer, presented the first course ... Wikipedia
Born: April 9, 1919, Philadelphia, PA
Died: June 3, 1995 (age 76 years), Bryn Mawr, PA
Awards: Harry H. Goode Memorial Award (1966), National Medal of Science (1968), Harold Pender Award (1973), and more
Parents: Ethel Hallowell Eckert and John Eckert