Howard Aiken was married three times: to Louise Mancill, later to Agnes Montgomery, and lastly to Mary McFarland. He had two children; Rachel Ann by his first wife, Elizabeth (Betsy) by his second.
Spouses: sometimes called Harold
Louise T Mancill (m. 1939–1942)
Agnes Montgomery (m. 1943–1961)
Mary E McFarland (m. 1963–1973)
m1.1939 Louise T Mancill; they had one daughter Rachel but they were divorced in 1942.
Louise b.@1907 Philadelphia to Horace L Mancill and his wife Rachel Townsend.
m2. January 1943 Agnes Montgomery, known as 'Monty', was a high school teacher who taught Latin and French. Howard and Agnes had one daughter, Elizabeth. Monty had studied at Radcliffe College of Harvard University.
They were divorced in 1961.
m3. 1963 to Mary McFarland
1964 Aiken received the Harry M Goode Memorial Award, a medal and $2,000 awarded by the Computer Society:-
For his original contribution to the development of automatic computers that led to the first large-scale, general-purpose, automatic digital computer ever to be put in operation; for his continuous work in the field of digital computers as an engineer; and for the knowledge and inspiration imparted to many as a teacher.
This was one of many honours which Aiken received for his pioneering work on the development of computers. Awards were from many countries including the United States, France, The Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany.
University professor, mathematician, completed in 1944 the world's first large-scale computer, the Mark 1, taught mathematics at Harvard University (1939-61) and directed the university's computation laboratory (1946-61), professor of information technology at the University of Miami since 1961.
Howard Aiken was married three times: to Louise Mancill, later to Agnes Montgomery, and lastly to Mary McFarland. He had two children; Rachel Ann by his first wife, Elizabeth (Betsy) by his second.
Spouses: sometimes called Harold
Louise T Mancill (m. 1939–1942)
Agnes Montgomery (m. 1943–1961)
Mary E McFarland (m. 1963–1973)
m1.1939 Louise T Mancill; they had one daughter Rachel but they were divorced in 1942.
Louise b.@1907 Philadelphia to Horace L Mancill and his wife Rachel Townsend.
m2. January 1943 Agnes Montgomery, known as 'Monty', was a high school teacher who taught Latin and French. Howard and Agnes had one daughter, Elizabeth. Monty had studied at Radcliffe College of Harvard University.
They were divorced in 1961.
m3. 1963 to Mary McFarland
1964 Aiken received the Harry M Goode Memorial Award, a medal and $2,000 awarded by the Computer Society:-
For his original contribution to the development of automatic computers that led to the first large-scale, general-purpose, automatic digital computer ever to be put in operation; for his continuous work in the field of digital computers as an engineer; and for the knowledge and inspiration imparted to many as a teacher.
This was one of many honours which Aiken received for his pioneering work on the development of computers. Awards were from many countries including the United States, France, The Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany.
University professor, mathematician, completed in 1944 the world's first large-scale computer, the Mark 1, taught mathematics at Harvard University (1939-61) and directed the university's computation laboratory (1946-61), professor of information technology at the University of Miami since 1961.
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