Awarded Eckert–Mauchly Award (2017).
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Charles P. Thacker
Charles Patrick "Chuck" Thacker was an American pioneer computer designer. He designed the Xerox Alto, which is the first computer that used a mouse-driven graphical user interface (GUI). In 2009, he won the ACM Turing Award.
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Born 26 February 1943 · Died 12 June 2017 · Q92828
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2017· 2 entries
Died 2017-06-12.
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2010· 1 entry
Was named by the Association for Computing Machinery as the recipient of the 2009 Turing Award in recognition of his pioneering design and realization of the Alto, the first modern personal computer, and in addition f
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2009· 1 entry
Awarded Turing Award (2009).
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2007· 2 entries
Won IEEE John von Neumann Medal (2007).
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Was inducted as a Fellow of the Computer History Museum for "leading development of the Xerox PARC Alto, and for innovations in networked personal computer systems and laser printing technologies
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2004· 2 entries
Awarded Charles Stark Draper Prize (2004).
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Won the Charles Stark Draper Prize together with Alan C
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1996· 1 entry
Was named a Distinguished Alumnus in Computer Science at U
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1994· 2 entries
Awarded ACM Fellow (1994).
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Was inducted as a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery
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1984· 1 entry
Awarded ACM Software System Award (1984).
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1983· 1 entry
Thacker was a founder of the Systems Research Center (SRC) of Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), and in 1997, he joined Microsoft Research to help establish Microsoft Research Cambridge in Cambridge, England
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1968· 1 entry
Which developed the pioneering Berkeley Timesharing System on the SDS 940
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1943· 1 entry
Born 1943-02-26.
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