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The Little-Known Inventor of the Computer, Faithful to His Bulgarian Roots
John Vincent Atanasoff was born in in Hamilton, New York, to Iva and Ivan Atanasov.
His father was a native of Boyadzik, near Yambol in southern Bulgaria. &#;At only 13 years old, my father arrived with his uncle in the USA. My father constantly felt the desire to take his wife and children to Bulgaria, but he never succeeded,&#; John Atanasoff writes.
About his Bulgarian roots, he says: &#;The Slavic heritage is in my blood. As a Bulgarian, I am also a restless, creative person.&#;
John Atanasoff: the Electronic Prometheus
In , Atanasoff was bestowed with the Order of Saints Cyril and Methodius, First Class, Bulgaria&#;s highest scientific honor.
John Atanasoff Bulgarian Ivan to English John.Atanasoff would receive the United States National Medal of Technology, the highest U.S. honor conferred for achievements related to technological progress, only some 20 years later. &#;It was a strange anomaly. I was appreciated here, before the USA,&#; At