Papers of John Atanasoff, 1925-1995.

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Papers of John Atanasoff, 1925-1995.

Collection includes biographical materials, correspondence, business records, invention records, legal records, researach and publications, printed materials. Includes Aerojet General files, and Naval Ordnance Laboratory files.

20.16 lin. ft. (39 boxes and 3 records cartons)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6862414

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Aerojet-General Corporation

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Naval Ordnance Laboratory (White Oak, Md.)

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Atanasoff, John V. (John Vincent)

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John V. Atanasoff, 1903-1995. Received B.S. in electrical engineering from University of Florida (1925), an M.S. in mathematics from Iowa State University (1926) and a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Wisconsin (1930). He returned to Iowa State University in 1930 and taught both physics and mathematics. In 1942 he left Iowa State to join the Naval Ordnance Laboratory, but remained a professor in absentia until 1945. He left government work in 1952 to establish a consulting firm, Ordinance...