John G. Kemeny
Mathematician, Computer Scientist
1926 – 1992
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Who was John G. Kemeny?
John George Kemeny was a Jewish-Hungarian American mathematician, computer scientist, and educator best known for co-developing the BASIC programming language in 1964 with Thomas E. Kurtz. Kemeny served as the 13th President of Dartmouth College from 1970 to 1981 and pioneered the use of computers in college education. Kemeny chaired the presidential commission that investigated the Three Mile Island accident in 1979.
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- Born
- May 31, 1926
Budapest - Also known as
- John G. Kemeny
- John George Kemeny
- Religion
- Judaism
- Ethnicity
- Hungarians
- Nationality
- Hungary
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Princeton University
- George Washington Educational Campus
- Employment
- Dartmouth College
- Died
- Dec 26, 1992
New Hampshire
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on July 23, 2013
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