Who's Who in Computer Science?

Alan Curtis Kay

When and Where was he born?

•  May 7, 1940 in Springfield Massachusetts 

Places lived?

•  New York metropolitan area

College degrees obtained and where?

•  Brooklyn Technical high school
• Bethany College: majored in biology and minored in mathematics
• University of Colorado: bachelors degree in mathematics and molecular biology(1966)
• Graduate school: University of Utah college of Engineering: earned an M.S in electrical engineering
• PhD in computer science 1969

His upbringing?

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Contributions to computer science/ technology?

•  Started as a computer programmer when he enlisted in the air force
• Met Seymour Papert and learned the Logo programming language
• Left Utah as a associate professor of computer science in 1969 and became a visiting researcher in Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory