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Remarkable People
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Remarkable People
In Memoriam: Lynn Conway (1938–2024)
Friday, June 14, 2024
CHM remembers CHM Fellow Lynn Conway, trailblazing computer scientist, electrical engineer, inventor, and transgender rights advocate.
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Remarkable People
In Memoriam: Gordon Bell (1934–2024)
Thursday, May 23, 2024
CHM remembers the incomparable Gordon Bell, a computer pioneer, brilliant engineer, cofounder of the Museum, and CHM Fellow.
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Remarkable People
In Memoriam: Niklaus Wirth (1934–2024)
Friday, January 5, 2024
CHM remembers CHM Fellow Niklaus Wirth, developer of the Pascal programming language, who passed away on January 1, 2024.
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In Memoriam: John Warnock (1940–2023)
Tuesday, August 22, 2023
CHM remembers John Warnock, Adobe cofounder, who passed away on August 19, 2023.
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In Memoriam: Gordon Moore (1929-2023)
Saturday, March 25, 2023
CHM remembers the visionary Gordon Moore, who pioneered the development of the integrated circuit and forever changed our world.
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Courage, Resilience, and Sharing
Monday, June 27, 2022
Integrated circuit pioneer and CHM Fellow Lynn Conway has been sharing her story of gender transition and creating a supportive online community for transgender and LGBTQ+ youth.
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Xpress Yourself: Pride, Stonewall, and Tim Gill
Thursday, June 9, 2022
Quark software founder Tim Gill has played an important role in ensuring that historic sites related to LGBTQ+ communities are protected and preserved.
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Lillian Schwartz: Pushing the Medium
Wednesday, November 17, 2021
Meet new CHM Fellow Lillian F. Schwartz, a pioneer at the intersection of art and technology.
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Meet 2021 CHM Fellow Honoree Raj Reddy
Thursday, June 17, 2021
CHM Fellow Raj Reddy and his students established the foundations for technologies we use every day, including speech recognition, computer vision, autonomous robotic systems, and he is a passionate advocate of universal access to information.
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Remembering Charles M. Geschke: September 11, 1939–April 16, 2021
Monday, April 19, 2021
It is with great sadness that we note the passing of Charles “Chuck” Geschke, Adobe cofounder and 2002 CHM Fellow.