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A bit of reminiscing by JVM: Dr. Dolch was hired 'early on' (late 1950's?) by Dr. Lindquist to work on Lindquist's 'Electronic Brain' invention (as dubbed by the local press) - the World's first high-speed electro-optical scoring machine located in the north-end basement room of the U of I East Hall building. When I returned to MRC as a full-time engineer in early 1959, I became well acquainted with John, and admired his technical prowess in electronics, despite his formal education being in a rather loosely related field. Another nostalgic aside: My family and I moved from Albuquerque, NM back to Iowa City to join MRC in early 1959 (as noted above) two years after my SUI BSEE graduation on 2 FEB 1957. Having owned a comfortable 2-BDR brick home in Albuquerque, purchased for $8,750, I was shocked at the price of comparable housing in Iowa City. I'll never forget Dolch's amusingly cynical comment to me when I was complaining about this issue to him: he looked me directly in the eye and said, "Oh, sure, you can buy a nice home in Iowa City for $10,000 - how big is your dog?". Well, some things never change! Incidentally, I discovered that several of my newly joined engineering and technician co-workers at MRC had recently purchased their 3-BDR homes - 1,000 square feet more or less - for the princely sum of around $14,000, or less. I have a photo of John Dolch in my JVM archives which was taken in the 'Electronic Brain' room. He died unexpectedly at a relatively young age in 1977, leaving his wife Ann and two young daughters as survivors. See the following website for an excellent historical overview of the U of I Computer Center: http://www.cs.uiowa.edu/~fleck/history.html

Item — Box: 1

Identifier: Item 1

Dates: 1972 December 17

Found in: University of Iowa Archives / John V. McMillin II Papers / ACCESSION 1 / 55. U. of Iowa Computer Moved to New Center: Cedar Rapids Gazette

1. Daily Iowan article, "SUI Installation Starts on Electronic Brain", 1953 November 9

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Identifier: 5

Dates: 1953 November 9

Found in: University of Iowa Archives / John V. McMillin II Papers / OVERSIZE FRAMED ITEMS FOR DISPLAY

2. Daily Iowan article, "Electronic Brain Used to Score Students' Tests," with two photographs of equipment, 1953 November 1

File — Box: 1

Identifier: 5

Dates: 1953 November 1

Found in: University of Iowa Archives / John V. McMillin II Papers / OVERSIZE FRAMED ITEMS FOR DISPLAY

3. Iowa City Press-Citizen article, "MRC Sold to Westinghouse", 1968 June 28

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Identifier: 5

Dates: 1968 June 28

Found in: University of Iowa Archives / John V. McMillin II Papers / OVERSIZE FRAMED ITEMS FOR DISPLAY

4. Iowa City Press-Citizen article, "MRC Activities Extend to All Areas of Education", 1966 October 7

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Identifier: 5

Dates: 1966 October 7

Found in: University of Iowa Archives / John V. McMillin II Papers / OVERSIZE FRAMED ITEMS FOR DISPLAY

5. Davenport-Bettendorf Sunday Times-Democrat article, "Mistakes Don't Get By This Machine!", 1960 April 10

File — Box: 1

Identifier: 5

Dates: 1960 April 10

Found in: University of Iowa Archives / John V. McMillin II Papers / OVERSIZE FRAMED ITEMS FOR DISPLAY

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