Got so boredat work thathe learnedhow to knitsocksHe judgedothersrigorouslyPaved theway for BillGates andothersHisparentswereGermanAiken diedon March14thRetiredinFloridaKicked hisdad out ofthe house in8th gradeHe wasmarried3 timesInspired byCharlesBabbage'sdifferenceengineAiken wasborn onMarch 8thFormed aNY basedconsultantfirmSponsoredby IBMReceiveda Ph. D.fromHarvardHe wasan onlychildWas anEntrepreneurHe went toschool duringthe day andworked 8 hoursin the night."There’s myeducation incomputers, rightthere; this is thewhole thing,everything I tookout of a book."Father ofthecomputerageAlsocreatedMark II,III, IVThe MarkI washuge (51ft x 8 ft)“Don't worry aboutpeople stealing anidea. If its anoriginal, you willhave to ram itdown theirthroats.”Commanderin the USNavyReserve"If Babbage hadlived seventy-fiveyears later I wouldhave been out of ajob."He was aPhysicist,Electricalengineer, and aMathematicianMark I:world’s firstprogram-controlledcalculatorGot so boredat work thathe learnedhow to knitsocksHe judgedothersrigorouslyPaved theway for BillGates andothersHisparentswereGermanAiken diedon March14thRetiredinFloridaKicked hisdad out ofthe house in8th gradeHe wasmarried3 timesInspired byCharlesBabbage'sdifferenceengineAiken wasborn onMarch 8thFormed aNY basedconsultantfirmSponsoredby IBMReceiveda Ph. D.fromHarvardHe wasan onlychildWas anEntrepreneurHe went toschool duringthe day andworked 8 hoursin the night."There’s myeducation incomputers, rightthere; this is thewhole thing,everything I tookout of a book."Father ofthecomputerageAlsocreatedMark II,III, IVThe MarkI washuge (51ft x 8 ft)“Don't worry aboutpeople stealing anidea. If its anoriginal, you willhave to ram itdown theirthroats.”Commanderin the USNavyReserve"If Babbage hadlived seventy-fiveyears later I wouldhave been out of ajob."He was aPhysicist,Electricalengineer, and aMathematicianMark I:world’s firstprogram-controlledcalculator

Howard Hathaway Aiken - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. Got so bored at work that he learned how to knit socks
  2. He judged others rigorously
  3. Paved the way for Bill Gates and others
  4. His parents were German
  5. Aiken died on March 14th
  6. Retired in Florida
  7. Kicked his dad out of the house in 8th grade
  8. He was married 3 times
  9. Inspired by Charles Babbage's difference engine
  10. Aiken was born on March 8th
  11. Formed a NY based consultant firm
  12. Sponsored by IBM
  13. Received a Ph. D. from Harvard
  14. He was an only child
  15. Was an Entrepreneur
  16. He went to school during the day and worked 8 hours in the night.
  17. "There’s my education in computers, right there; this is the whole thing, everything I took out of a book."
  18. Father of the computer age
  19. Also created Mark II, III, IV
  20. The Mark I was huge (51 ft x 8 ft)
  21. “Don't worry about people stealing an idea. If its an original, you will have to ram it down their throats.”
  22. Commander in the US Navy Reserve
  23. "If Babbage had lived seventy-five years later I would have been out of a job."
  24. He was a Physicist, Electrical engineer, and a Mathematician
  25. Mark I: world’s first program-controlled calculator