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Past Award
Recipients
Dr. Dorothy E. Denning
Forefront
of information warfare, security, and cryptography fields
Adele Mildred Koss
Developed the first compilers
Esther
Dyson
A powerful thinker in the computing industry!
Betty
Holberton
One of the six original programmers of ENIAC
Dr.
Anita Borg
Founder of Systers
Jean
Sammet
Expert in programming languages
Margaret
H. Hamilton
Founder of Higher Order Software
Amy
D. Wohl
Pioneer of office automation and ergonomics
Dr.
Ruth M. Davis
Distinguished in government service
Grace
Murray Hopper
Known for COBOL
Dr.
Thelma Estrin
Professor of computer science at UCLA
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Dr. Thelma Estrin
1982 Service Award
Recipient
First to be given the award was
Dr. Thelma Estrin, a professor in the Computer Science Department at the
University of California, Los Angeles. Her career has spanned research in
biomedical engineering and computer science. Dr. Estrin has been recognized as
a Fellow of IEEE, AAAS, American Institute of Medical and Biological
Engineering and the Society of Women Engineers for her computer contributions
to brain research and health care technology.
Further
biographical information
Dr.
Estrin inducted into the Women in Technology International (WITI) Hall of Fame
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