Kathleen Mauchly dies

["David Farber" <dave () farber net>]

I met her and she was sharp as can be.  djf

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> From: Peter Jensen <peter () peterjensen com>
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> Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 13:54:22 -0400
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> Kathleen Mauchly Antonelli, the wife of John W. Mauchly of Eniac and
> Univac fame, and a renowned programmer and computer pioneer in her own
> right, died at age 85.  The Philadelphia Inquirer has a full obituary in
> the 4/25 edition:
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> <http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/obituaries/14420129.htm>
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> Kathleen Antonelli, 85, computer pioneer
> By Sally A. Downey
> Inquirer Staff Writer
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> Kathleen McNulty Mauchly Antonelli, 85, of Ambler, one of the original
> programmers of the first electronic computer, died of cancer Thursday at
> Keystone Hospice in Wyndmoor.
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> As a long-ago programming student of John Mauchly, I didn't want her
> passing to go unrecognized by the IP community.  She was inducted into
> the Women in Technology International Hall of Fame, and recognized for
> her many contributions to the history of early digital computing in America.
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