Clifford Berry

Clifford Berry (1918 - 1963) helped John Vincent Atanasoff create one of the first digital electronic computers in 1939 - the Atanasoff Berry Computer (ABC).

He received his B.S in Electrical Engineering in 1939, his M.S. in Physics in 1941 and his Ph.D in Physics in 1948, all from Iowa State University.

Clifford Berry was issued with 19 patents in mass spectrometry, 11 in vacuum and electronics.

See also: History of computing hardware