About Eldon C. Hall
Lived 1923 – 2022 (aged 98–99). Eldon C. Hall was an American computer scientist and engineer.
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
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).
Awards 1997: Stibitz-Wilson Award from the American Computer & Robotics Museum
Publications 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
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Who was Eldon C. Hall?
American computer scientist
When was Eldon C. Hall born?
Eldon C. Hall was born on 15 June 1923 in Payette.
When did Eldon C. Hall die?
Eldon C. Hall died in 2022.
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Eldon C. Hall was a computer scientist and engineer.
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Eldon C. Hall was American.
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