Benson-Lehner Corporation was an early digital technology company that initially made plotters and other input-output devices that were purchased by branches of the U.S. government during the Cold War.
It later marketed high-speed precision cameras used for similar military applications, including nuclear bomb and missile testing.
Its founders were Bernard Benson, a former British Spitfire pilot, and George Lehner, a UCLA psychology professor and inventor.
[1][2][3][4] The company was acquired by United Gas Corporation in 1964[19] to further that entity’s strategic interest in operating data processing centers for military and civil government agencies.
[2] Benson retired to France, where he purchased a chateau in the Dordogne and became involved with world peace initiatives.