... Eckert and Mauchly.’’ That was the opinion of Howard Aiken, Harvard mathematician and builder of the Mark I calculator, expressed to Edward Cannon of the U.S National Bureau of Standards in 19 48 Aiken ... of about a dozen technical employees, designed and built the UNIVAC (figure 1. 3) They 28 Chapter Table 1. 1 UNIVAC installations, 19 51 19 54 Date Customer Summer 19 51 late 19 52 late 19 52 Fall 19 53 ... 19 53 Fall 19 53 Fall 19 53 19 54 19 54 19 54 19 54 19 54 19 54 19 54 19 54 19 54 19 54 19 54 19 54 19 54 U.S Census Bureau U.S Air Force, the Pentagon U.S Army Map Service U.S AEC, New York, NY (at NYU) U.S AEC,...