Alan Kay

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computer scientist educator human researcher software engineer

Alan Kay is a pioneering computer scientist best known for his foundational work on object-oriented programming and the development of the graphical user interface.

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Alan C. Kay	1
Alan Curtis Kay	1

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instanceOf	computer scientist ⓘ educator ⓘ human ⓘ researcher ⓘ software engineer ⓘ
awardReceived	ACM Software System Award ⓘ Turing Award ⓘ surface form: ACM Turing Award Charles Stark Draper Prize for Engineering ⓘ surface form: Charles Stark Draper Prize IEEE John von Neumann Medal ⓘ Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology ⓘ National Academy of Engineering ⓘ surface form: National Academy of Engineering membership Royal Society of Arts Benjamin Franklin Medal ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1940-05-17 ⓘ
degree	Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Molecular Biology ⓘ PhD in Computer Science ⓘ
doctoralAdvisor	David C. Evans ⓘ
educatedAt	University of Colorado Boulder ⓘ University of Utah ⓘ
employer	Apple Inc. ⓘ surface form: Apple Computer Atari, Inc. ⓘ surface form: Atari Hewlett-Packard ⓘ University of Utah ⓘ Viewpoints Research Institute ⓘ Disney Parks, Experiences and Products ⓘ surface form: Walt Disney Imagineering Xerox PARC ⓘ
familyName	Kay ⓘ
fieldOfWork	computer science ⓘ education ⓘ human–computer interaction ⓘ programming languages ⓘ software engineering ⓘ
givenName	Alan ⓘ
influenced	Adele Goldberg ⓘ computer education research ⓘ modern object-oriented programming languages ⓘ
influencedBy	Douglas Engelbart ⓘ Ivan Sutherland ⓘ Seymour Papert ⓘ
knownFor	Dynabook concept ⓘ Smalltalk ⓘ surface form: Smalltalk programming language Squeak programming system ⓘ Xerox Alto user interface ⓘ surface form: Xerox Alto educational computing ⓘ graphical user interface ⓘ object-oriented programming ⓘ personal computing ⓘ
memberOf	Association for Computing Machinery ⓘ surface form: ACM American Academy of Arts and Sciences ⓘ National Academy of Engineering ⓘ
name	Alan Kay self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Alan Curtis Kay
nationality	United States of America ⓘ
notableIdea	“The best way to predict the future is to invent it.” ⓘ
notableWork	Dynabook concept ⓘ surface form: Dynabook proposal Smalltalk ⓘ surface form: Smalltalk-72 Smalltalk ⓘ surface form: Smalltalk-76 Smalltalk ⓘ surface form: Smalltalk-80
placeOfBirth	Springfield, Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: Springfield, Massachusetts, United States
positionHeld	Apple Inc. ⓘ surface form: Apple Fellow Disney Fellow ⓘ Fellow at Xerox PARC ⓘ Senior Fellow at Hewlett-Packard ⓘ
residence	California, United States ⓘ

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Computer History Museum Fellow Award → hasRecipient → Alan Kay ⓘ

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