Julian Bigelow

Julian Himely Bigelow (March 19, 1913 – February 17, 2003) was a pioneering American computer engineer.

[1] He obtained a master's degree at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, studying electrical engineering and mathematics.

[2] When John von Neumann sought to build one of the first digital computers at the Institute for Advanced Study, he hired Bigelow in 1946 as his "engineer," on Wiener's recommendation.

Nearly all general-purpose computers subsequently built are recognizable as influenced by the IAS machine's design.

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Julian Bigelow at The Princeton Institute for Advanced Study (Left to right: Julian Bigelow, Herman Goldstine , J. Robert Oppenheimer , and John von Neumann )