Name: Herman Lukoff

Born: May 2, 1923, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA

Death: September 24, 1979 (Age: 56)

  • Computer pioneer who he helped develop the ENIAC (the first electronic digital computer, in the early 1940s) and EDVAC computers.

Significant publications

  • From Dits to Bits: A Personal History of the Electronic Computer (1979).

Honors and awards

  • IEEE W.W. McDowell Award (1969).
  • Sperry Univac Presidential Excellence Award (1976).
  • IEEE Computer Society Pioneer Award (1980).