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Students push Smithsonian to credit Atanasoff in computer exhibit
Frederick County middle school students urged the Smithsonian to credit John V. Atanasoff as the inventor of the computer in a planned spring exhibit on computers. They sent letters to Smithsonian curator David Alison, urging acknowledgment of Atanasoff's role alongside Eckert and Mauchly, amid debate over the invention’s true origin.
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Smithsonian Institute
Fredenck County
Minnesota
John V. Atanasoff
New Market
Atanasoff
Iowa State University
Tor
Suall
Helen Togueti
New Market Middle School
Frederick County
Smithsonian
Museum of Technology
Tognetti
John W. Mauchly
J. Prosper Eckert
Atamasoff
Washington, D.C
Smithsonian Computers and Information Society
Creat
Rachel Weimschel
Eckert
Mauchly
ENIAC
Computer Museum
Boston
Aimee Appleby
Carelyn Stavitek Sys Iher
Atamasolf
Richard O'Hara
Atanasolf
Shane Brady
Alex Christoffel
Jawa University