Dennis MacAlistair Ritchie (September 9, 1941–October 12, 2011), was an American computer scientist who helped shape the digital era.
Ritchie and Thompson received the Turing Award from the ACM in 1983, the Hamming Medal from the IEEE in 1990 and the National Medal of Technology from President Clinton in 1999. Ritchie was the head of Lucent Technologies System Software Research Department when he retired in 2007. He was the 'R' in K&R C.
Dennis MacAlistair Ritchie | |
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Born | Bronxville, New York, U.S. | September 9, 1941
Died | October 12, 2011 | (aged 70)
Alma mater | Harvard University |
Known for | ALTRAN B BCPL C Multics Unix |
Awards | Turing Award National Medal of Technology |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Computer science |
Institutions | Lucent Technologies Bell Labs |
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