Herman Goldstine

Herman Heine Goldstine (September 13, 1913 - June 16, 2004) was an American mathematician and computer scientist who helped develop ENIAC, one of the first modern electronic digital computers, after serving as the liaison between the US Army's Ballistic Research Laboratory and the Moore School of Electrical Engineering during World War II. He later worked with John von Neumann on the EDVAC design and served as director of the IAS machine project at the Institute for Advanced Study. Goldstine joined IBM as founding director of its Mathematical Sciences Department and became an IBM Fellow, the company's highest technical distinction, in 1969. He received the National Medal of Science in 1985 and later served as executive director of the American Philosophical Society.