Herman Goldstine
Goldstine was an important institutional and intellectual link among the Army’s Ballistic Research Laboratory, the Moore School, and later stored-program computer work. His papers and histories remain valuable primary and secondary records.
Herman Goldstine was a mathematician who served as liaison between the U.S. Army’s Ballistic Research Laboratory and the University of Pennsylvania’s Moore School during the ENIAC project. He later participated in EDVAC discussions and worked with John von Neumann at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Documenting early computing
Goldstine also wrote influential historical accounts of the period. Those accounts are valuable evidence, but should be read alongside institutional archives and the recollections of programmers and other participants.
In memoriam
Goldstine died in 2004. His archival record remains an important route into the institutional history of ENIAC and early electronic computation.
Timeline
- 1913-09-13Born in Chicago, Illinois.
- 1942Joins the Army’s Ballistic Research Laboratory as a liaison officer.
- 1943Helps bring the ENIAC proposal to Army decision-makers.
- 2004-06-16Dies in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.
Herman Goldstine
- Type
- Person
- Era
- 1942-2004
- Born
- 1913
- Died
- 2004
- Known for
- eniac; edvac; computing history; mathematics
- Tags
- eniac, edvac, computing history, mathematics
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