(1926 – 1992)

Mathematician. ‘Father of Microcomputing’.

President of Dartmouth, leader and innovator in mathematics education. Manhattan Project Mathematician. His BASIC computer language is often considered the beginner’s bible in computing, and is included with almost every microcomputer.

Invented: BASIC (Beginner’s All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code) computer language (with Thomas Kurtz, 1964), True BASIC (with Thomas Kurtz, 1980s).