Honors and Distinctions
Atanasoff's first national award for scientific achievements was the Order of Saints Cyril and Methodius, First Class, Bulgaria's highest scientific honor bestowed to him in 1970, before the 1973 court ruling.
In 1990, President George H. W. Bush awarded Atanasoff the United States National Medal of Technology, the highest U.S. honor conferred for achievements related to technological progress.
Other distinctions awarded to Atanasoff include:
- U.S. Navy Distinguished Service Award (1945)
- Citation, Seismological Society of America (1947)
- Citation, Admiral, Bureau of Ordnance (1947)
- Cosmos Club membership (1947)
- Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) University of Florida (1974)
- Honorary membership, Society for Computer Medicine (1974)
- Iowa Inventors Hall of Fame (1978)
- Computer Pioneer Medal from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) (1981)
- Iowa Governor's Science Medal (1985)
- Order of the People's Republic of Bulgaria, First Class (1985)
- Computing Appreciation Award, EDUCOM (1985)
- Foreign Member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (1985)
- Holley Medal, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1985)
- Honorary citizen of the city of Yambol, Bulgaria (1985; Atanasoff’s father was born in Yambol region)
- Coors American Ingenuity Award (1986)
- Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) University of Wisconsin–Madison (1987)
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