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Alan Kay

(1940) Computer Scientist United States

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Alan Kay is a computer scientist from the United States, best known for Margate.

Quick Facts About Alan Kay

Born
May 17, 1940
Nationality
United States
Profession
Computer Scientist
Notable works
Margate
Spouse
Bonnie MacBird

About Alan Kay

Alan Curtis Kay is an American computer scientist who pioneered work on object-oriented programming and windowing graphical user interface (GUI) design. At Xerox PARC he led the design and development of the first modern windowed computer desktop interface. There he also led the development of the influential object-oriented programming language Smalltalk, both personally designing most of the early versions of the language and coining the term "object-oriented." He has been elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Royal Society of Arts. He received the Turing Award in 2003.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Turing Award ACM Software System Award Charles Stark Draper Prize Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology ACM Fellow Computer History Museum Fellow honorary doctorate of the University of Murcia

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