Adele Katz Goldstine
Personal Information
Born: 1920
Died: 1964
Country of Birth: USA
Nationality: USA
Ethnicity: White
Education
Hunter College BA Mathematics; University of Michigan MAMathematics 1942
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— Adele Katz Goldstine
Professional Life
Field of Study: Mathematics; Computer Science
Institution/Corporation: University of Pennsylvania; Los alamos National Laboratory
Degrees & Memberships: None found
Awards & Achievements
Awards: 1987 Computer Hall of Fame
Achievements: wrote the detailed Operators Manual for the ENIAC around 1945; was an instrumental player in converting the ENIAC from a computer that needed to be reprogrammed each time it was used to one that was able to perform a set of fifty stored instructions;
was an instructor of mathematics for the women "computers" at the Moore School
trained some of the six women who were the original programmers of ENIAC to manually calculate ballistic trajectories
work laid the groundwork for modern programming and the development of user-friendly computers
1964 published the documentation for the ENIAC project, making it available to the public
taught math ay Moore School of Electrical Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania & Princeton University