  george robert stibitz (april 20, 1904some sources say april 20, see smiley p. 56. â january 31, 1995) is internationally recognized as one of the fathers of the modern first digital computer. he was a bell labs researcher known for his work in the 1930s and 1940s on the realization of boolean logic digital circuits using electromechanical relays as the switching element. stibitz was born in york, pennsylvania. he received his bachelor's degree from denison university in granville, ohio, his master's degree from union college in 1927, and his ph.d. in mathematical physics in 1930 from cornell university. ==computer==  right|200px|thumb|the site of the first long-distance communication of man and computer: mcnutt hall at dartmouth college, september 9, 1940. the bronze commemorative plaque is mounted on the left wall in the entryway of the hall. in november 1937, george stibitz, then working at bell labs, completed a relay-based calculator he dubbed the "model k" (for "kitchen table", on which he had assembled it), which calculated using binary addition. replicas of the "model k" now reside in the smithsonian institution, the william howard doane library at denison university and the american computer museum in bozeman, montana
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