Cunningham was present at the June 1943 meeting at which J. Presper Eckert, John Mauchly, and Lt. Herman Goldstine proposed the construction of the ENIAC; the program was agreed upon the same day.
Cunningham was present at a June 1943 meeting where Eckert, Mauchly, and Goldstine presented their plan to build ENIAC. The decision to proceed with the project was made that same day.