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- From: lry1219@cfdd40.boeing.com (Larry Yeagley)
- Newsgroups: sci.math
- Subject: Re: John Kemeny,66,Computer Pioneer and Educator is dead
- Summary: A precis of the NYT's obituary of John Kemeny
- Message-ID: <595@cfdd40.boeing.com>
- Date: 5 Jan 93 15:52:09 GMT
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- What follows is a summary of the obituary of John Kemeny appearing in the
- 12/27/92 issue of the New York Times.
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- . born in Hungary on May 31, 1926.
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- . immigrated to US in 1940.
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- . attended George Washington High school beginning in 1940. Graduated in 3
- years at top of class.
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- . became American citizen in 1945.
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- . served in Army as assistant in theoretical division @ Los Alamos (1945-46).
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- . doctorate in math from Princeton at 23 years old.
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- . research assistant to Albert Einstein - after graduation from Princeton.
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- . full professor of math at Dartmouth at 27.
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- . chairman of Dartmouth math department at 29.
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- . president of Dartmouth at 43.
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- . creator of widely used computer language - BASIC.
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- . head of Federal commission investigating Three Mile Island accident (1979).
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- . resigned as president of Dartmouth in 1981 and returned to math department
- where he remained active until 1990.
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- Larry Yeagley
- lry1219@cfdd42.boeing.com
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- P.S. The advice, opinions and mistakes expressed here are my own and certainly
- not Boeing's.
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