WESLEY CLARKE
Wesley Allison Clarke
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Education:
Computer Science Contribution:
- Date of Birth : April 10th 1927
Birthplace:
- New Haven. Connecticut
Education:
- University of California, Berkley 1947
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1955
Computer Science Contribution:
- The designer of the first personal computer, LINC
- Architect of the TX-0 and TX- 2 at Lincoln Labs
- TX-2 brought about sketchpad
- Suggested the use of separate small computers as a way of standardizing network interface to reduce the load on personal computers
AWARDS
- Eckert- Mauchly Award in 1981 for his work on computer architecture in 1981
- Honorary degree by Washington University in 1984
- Elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1999
- Recipient of the IEEE Computer Society Computer Pioneer award for "First Peronal Computer"
WESLEY CLARKE AND DOUGLAS CLARKE ON TURING MACHINE
WESLEY CLARKE'S LIFE CONTRIBUTION
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DID YOU KNOW ?
Wesley Clarke was fired for insubordination. Is this a trait for successful computer scientists?
Wesley Clarke was fired for insubordination. Is this a trait for successful computer scientists?
Contributor: Oshane Haseley
Sources:
LINC. (n.d.). Retrieved April 15, 2015, from http://history-computer.com/ModernComputer/Personal/LINC.html
Wesley A. Clark 1981 Eckert-Mauchly Award Recipient. (n.d.). Retrieved April 15, 2015, from https://www.computer.org/web/awards/eckert-wesley-clark
Wesley Clark Builds the LINC, Perhaps the First Mini-Computer (May 1961 – 1962). (n.d.). Retrieved April 15, 2015, from http://www.historyofinformation.com/expanded.php?id=1006
Sources:
LINC. (n.d.). Retrieved April 15, 2015, from http://history-computer.com/ModernComputer/Personal/LINC.html
Wesley A. Clark 1981 Eckert-Mauchly Award Recipient. (n.d.). Retrieved April 15, 2015, from https://www.computer.org/web/awards/eckert-wesley-clark
Wesley Clark Builds the LINC, Perhaps the First Mini-Computer (May 1961 – 1962). (n.d.). Retrieved April 15, 2015, from http://www.historyofinformation.com/expanded.php?id=1006
Done by: Oshane Haseley