Editing John Vincent Atanasoff (section)

==Postwar life==
Following [[World War II]] Atanasoff remained with the government and developed specialized [[seismograph]]s and micro[[barograph]]s for long-range [[explosive detection]]. In 1952 he founded and led the Ordnance Engineering Corporation, selling the company to [[Aerojet General]] Corporation in 1956 and becoming Aerojet's Atlantic Division president.<ref name="NYT"/> He retired from Aerojet in 1961.<ref name="NYT"/>

In 1960 Atanasoff and his wife Alice moved to their hilltop farm in [[New Market, Maryland]] for their retirement.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}} In 1961 he started another company, [[Cybernetics]] Incorporated, in [[Frederick, Maryland]] which he operated for 20 years.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}} He developed a phonetic alphabet for computers during this period of his life.<ref name="NYT"/> He was gradually drawn into the legal disputes being contested by the fast-growing computer companies [[Honeywell]] and Sperry Rand. Following the resolution of ''Honeywell v. Sperry Rand'', Atanasoff was warmly honored by Iowa State College, which had since become Iowa State University, and more awards followed.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}}

Atanasoff died at the age of 91 on June 15, 1995, of a [[stroke]] at his home after a lengthy illness.<ref name="NYT">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/06/17/obituaries/john-v-atanasoff-91-dies-early-computer-researcher.html|title=John V. Atanasoff, 91, Dies; Early Computer Researcher|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=June 17, 1995|author=Walter R. Baranger}}</ref> He is buried in Pine Grove Cemetery in [[Mount Airy, Maryland]].{{citation needed|date=June 2021}}