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Charles
Babbage
b. December 26, 1792, London, England
d. October 18, 1871, London, England
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Seymour Cray
b. 1925, Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin
d. 1996, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Inducted August, 1998 |
- Widely
acknowledged as the "Father of the Supercomputer"
- Credited
with developing the first fully transistorized supercomputer
in 1958
- A
founding employee of Control
Data Corporation in 1957; directed its engineering department
1957 to 1965
- Invented
CRAY-1 vector register technology, and innovative cooling designs
for the CDC 6600 and CRAY-1
- Founded
ground-breaking Cray Research in 1972
- More
about Seymour
Cray
- More
about Cray Supercomputers
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Lee Felsenstein
b. 1945 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Inducted August, 1998 |
- Moderator
of the now-legendary Homebrew Computer Club from 1975 through
1986
- Designed
the Processor Technology Sol, one of the first competitors to
the Apple II
- Designed
the Osborne-I portable computer in 1981, the first mass-produced
portable computer
- Designer
of the Pennywhistle modem, one of the first inexpensive modems
for personal computers
- An
organizer of the Hacker's Conference in 1984
- Currently
a senior researcher and leader of rapid-prototyping engineering
at Interval Research Corporation
- More
about Lee
Felsenstein
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Andrew
Kay
Inducted August 1998 |
- Best
known as the father of the KAYPRO personal computer, the only
major computer platform designed and manufactured in San Diego
County
- Inventor
of the digital voltmeter for his own Non-Linear Systems in 1953
- Inspiration
for psychologist Abraham Maslow's theory of "enlightened management"
- More
about Andrew
Kay
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William
H. Gates III
b. October 28, 1955 Seattle, Washington
Inducted August, 1998 |
- Co-founded
Microsoft in 1975 with boyhood friend Paul
Allen
- Wrote
Microsoft's first program, BASIC for the MITS Altair, in 1975
- Led
Microsoft to become one of the world's largest corporations,
helping the software industry rival established industries in
economic influence and power
- Donated
nearly $1 billion to charities, including $200 million to the
Bill and Melinda
Gates Foundation.
- More
about Bill
Gates
- More
about Microsoft
Corporation
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| Dr.
Coleman Furr |
- Founder
of Coleman College, a leader in technology education since 1963.
- Founding
Member of the Institute for Certification of Computer Professionals.
- Creator
of the inverted curriculum, a process to allow students to find
employment quickly while continuing their education.
More
about Dr. Coleman Furr
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| Admiral
Grace Hopper |
- "Mother
of COBOL," (COmmon Business Oriented Language).
- Developed
first compiler program.
- Responsible
for finding the first computer "bug" - a moth stuck
in the contactors (solenoids) of the giant Mark l calculator.
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| Dr.
James Martin |
- Father
of Computer Aided Systems Engineering (CASE).
- Member
of the Software Scientific Advisory Board to the U.S. Department
of Defense.
- Nominated
for Pulitzer Prize.
- Author
of many books on technology, management and society.
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| Gerald
M. Weinberg |
- Author of The Psychology of Computer Programming published
in 1971.
- Credited with beginning the study of software engineering
as human behavior.
- Authored several hundred articles and over 30 books.
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| Ed
Yourdon |
- Lead
developer of structured analysis/design methods.
- Co-developer
of object-oriented analysis/design.
- Authored
over 200 technical articles and 24 books.
- Graduate
of MIT. Currently involved with Year 2000 solutions.
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