IT Honor Roll

The IT History Society wishes to acknowledge individuals who have made a noteworthy contribution to the information technology industry. If you have someone you'd like to nominate for the "IT Honor Roll," please submit it to us here.

 

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Kathleen Booth (nee Britten)

Credited with writing the first assembly language and the design of the assembler and autocode (ARC and APE(X)C) for the Birkbeck College computers

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Gene Myron Amdahl

Team leader in building IBM mainframes and founder of Amdahl Computer

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Charles Galton Darwin

Assisted Henry Moseley on X-ray diffraction which occurs with all waves, including sound waves, water waves, and electromagnetic waves such as visible light, x-rays and radio waves

1887-1962

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Kang-Won Lee

Collaborator on wireless networks, mobile computing, network management, and policy technologies research

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Jean Bartik

One of the original programmers for the ENIAC computer

1924-2011

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Marlyn Meltzer (nee Wescoff)

One of the original programmers for the ENIAC computer, the world's first electronic computer

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Shari Trewin

Developer of a tool for keyboard configuration that can be downloaded for use by individuals with motor impairments; also a collaborator in an examination of the technology requirements of older workers, making the Web more accessible for them

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Walter Houser Brattain

Co-inventor of the transistor along with William Shockley and John Bardeen

1902-1987

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