Veishea Opening Ceremony: The ABC's Influence on Modern Computers

Speaker: 
John Atanasoff II
 
14 Apr 2000
 
12:00 PM
 
Central Campus

John Atanasoff II, son of the inventor of the first electronic digital computer, is the president, CEO and chairman of Colorado MEDtech, Inc., a provider of advanced medical products and outsourcing services. The original ABC was invented by John Atanasoff and Clifford Berry at Iowa State from 1939-42. An authentic working replica of the Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC), will be on display in Howe Hall during VEISHEA weekend.