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Alan Kay
Alan Curtis Kay
American computer scientist (born 1940).
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Sex or Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Springfield
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Date of Birth
5/17/1940
Country of Citizenship
United States
Award Received
Turing Award
(2003)
Charles Stark Draper Prize
(2004)
Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology
(2004)
Computer History Museum Fellow
(1999)
ACM Software System Award
(1987)
ACM Fellow
(2008)
Honorary Doctorate of the University of Murcia
(2010)
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
(2008)
Occupation
Computer Scientist
Programmer
Jazz Musician
University Teacher
Jazz Guitarist
Employer
University of California, Los Angeles
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
PARC
Kyoto University
United States Air Force
Apple Inc.
Viewpoints Research Institute
Given Name
Educated At
Member Of
Doctoral Advisor
Spouse
Archives At
Field of Work
Instance Of
Position Held
Family Name
Alan
University of Utah
University of Colorado Boulder
University of Colorado
Brooklyn Technical High School
National Academy of Engineering
(1997 - )
Start Time
:
1997
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Association for Computing Machinery
(1/15/2009 - )
Subject Has Role
:
ACM Fellow
Start Time
:
1/15/2009
Viewpoints Research Institute
David C. Evans
Robert S. Barton
Bonnie MacBird
(1983 - )
Start Time
:
1983
Computer History Museum
Computer Science
Human
Chairperson
(2001 - )
Organization Directed by the Office or Position
:
Viewpoints Research Institute
Start Time
:
2001
Kay
Award Rationale
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For pioneering many of the ideas at the root of contemporary object-oriented programming languages, leading the team that developed Smalltalk, and for fundamental contributions to personal computing.
Point in Time
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2003
Award Rationale
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for the work on Alto, the first practical networked computer
Point in Time
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2004
Point in Time
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2004
Point in Time
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1999
Point in Time
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1987
Award Rationale
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For fundamental contributions to personal computing and object-oriented programming
Point in Time
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2008
Announcement Date
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1/15/2009
Point in Time
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2010
Point in Time
:
2008
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