<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Russell_A._Kirsch" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Russell_A._Kirsch</a><p>In 1951 Kirsch joined the National Bureau of Standards (NBS) as part of the team which ran SEAC, the Standards Eastern Automatic Computer.[2] SEAC was the U.S.&#x27;s first stored-program computer to become operational.