Name: Ralph Ernest Meagher

Born: 1917

  • Co-creator of the ILLIAC series, culminating with the ILLIAC IV supercomputer, the largest and fastest in the world.
  • Created the ORDVAC which was the first of two computers built under contract at the University of Illinois.

Significant publications

  • Proton-proton Scattering at 5 MeV (1950).