Eldon C. Hall
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Eldon C. Hall | |
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| Born | Eldon Conrad Hall June 15, 1923 Payette, Idaho, United States |
| Died | May 25, 2022 (aged 98) |
| Education | University of Washington, Rutgers University, Eastern Nazarene College, Boston University (Masters Degree), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Harvard University (doctoral program in physics) |
| Occupation | Computer engineering |
| Known for | Leader of hardware design efforts for the Apollo Guidance Computer |
| Spouse |
Grace White (m. 1948) |
| Children | 4 |
| Parent(s) | William Baker Hall and Elsie Nodle Hall |
Eldon Hall was the leader of hardware design efforts for the Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC) at MIT, and advocated the use of integrated circuits for this task. He wrote extensively of the development of the AGC, culminating in his 1996 book, Journey to the Moon: The History of the Apollo Guidance Computer (Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).)
He pursued his undergraduate education at the Eastern Nazarene College in Quincy, Massachusetts, his graduate education at Boston University, and his doctoral degree at Harvard University (though he did not complete the PhD).[1][2]
Awards
[edit | edit source]- 1997: Stibitz-Wilson Award from the American Computer & Robotics Museum[3]
Publications
[edit | edit source]- Eldon C. Hall (2000). From the Farm to Pioneering with Digital Computers: An Autobiography.
- Eldon C. Hall (1996). Journey to the Moon: The History of the Apollo Guidance Computer
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Caltech AGC Bio: Eldon Hall
- ^ Eldon C. Hall Obituary, legacy.com
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