AWC: Augusta Ada Lovelace Award

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

Margaret H. Hamilton
1986 Lovelace Award Recipient

Margaret Hamilton, founder of Higher Order Software, Inc. and Hamilton Technologies, Inc., received the award in 1986.