George Stibitz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

George Stibitz

Bell Labs researcher; one of the fathers of the modern first digital computer

Date of Birth: 20-Apr-1904

Place of Birth: York, Pennsylvania, United States

Date of Death: 31-Jan-1995

Profession: computer scientist, physicist, mathematician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

George Robert Stibitz (April 30, 1904 – January 31, 1995) was a Bell Labs researcher internationally recognized as one of the fathers of the modern first digital computer.
He was known for his work in the 1930s and 1940s on the realization of Boolean logic digital circuits using electromechanical relays as the switching element. Stibitz was born in York, Pennsylvania.
He received his bachelor's degree from Denison University in Granville, Ohio, his master's degree from Union College in 1927, and his Ph.D.
in mathematical physics in 1930 from Cornell University.