Victor Toma, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Victor Toma

Romanian engineer and scientist who created the first Romanian computer.

Date of Birth: 04-Apr-1922

Place of Birth: Leova, Leova District, Moldova

Date of Death: 26-Nov-2008

Profession: engineer

Nationality: Romania

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Victor Toma (April 4, 1922 - November 26, 2008) was a Romanian engineer and scientist, known to be the creator of the first Romanian computer CIFA 1 in 1957 at the IFA - Institute of Atomic Physics.
At the same institute he built CIFA 2, CIFA 3 CIFA 4 and CET 500 and at Bulgarian Academy of Sciences in 1964 the computer VITOSHA similar with CIFA 3.
Since 1968 to his retirement he was head of laboratory in the Institute of computer engineering ITC Bucharest.
He was made an honorary member of the Romanian Academy in 1993.