Burks, Arthur Walter

Burks, Arthur Walter
▪ 2009

      American computer pioneer

born Oct. 13, 1915, Duluth, Minn.

died May 14, 2008, Ann Arbor, Mich.
was one of the builders of the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC), the first general-purpose electronic digital computer, introduced in 1946. With colleague Herman Goldstine, Burks also assisted mathematician John von Neumann in writing the 1946 paper “Preliminary Discussion of the Logical Design of an Electronic Computing Instrument,” frequently cited as the “birth certificate” of computer science. Burks taught (1946–86) at the University of Michigan and helped to establish the university's graduate program in computer and communication sciences. He received the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.) Computer Pioneer Award in 1982.

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