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Frederick P. Brooks (née Frederick Phillips Brooks Jr.)
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Memorial Page for Frederick P. Brooks (née Frederick Phillips Brooks Jr.)

Apr 19, 1931 – Nov 17, 2022(91 years)Died in:Chapel Hill, Orange County

American computer scientist

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Occupation(4)

mathematiciancomputer scientistengineeruniversity teacher

Awards(10)

Guggenheim FellowshipTuring AwardNational Medal of Technology and InnovationIEEE John von Neumann MedalHarvard Centennial MedalComputer History Museum FellowEckert–Mauchly AwardACM-AAAI Allen Newell AwardW. Wallace McDowell AwardACM Fellow

Education(3)

Harvard UniversityDuke UniversityHarvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Fred Brooks (* April 19, 1931 in Durham; † November 17, 2022 in Chapel Hill) was an american computer scientist. He was 91 years old. His education included Harvard University, Duke University and Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. He received 10 awards, including Guggenheim Fellowship, Turing Award.

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Born in Durham, Durham County

1931

IBM

1956

until 1965

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

1965

W. Wallace McDowell Award

1970

Guggenheim Fellowship

1974

National Medal of Technology and Innovation

1985

IEEE John von Neumann Medal

1993

ACM-AAAI Allen Newell Award

1994

ACM Fellow

1994

Turing Award

1999

Eckert–Mauchly Award

2004

Died in Chapel Hill, Orange County

2022

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Frederick P. Brooks (née Frederick Phillips Brooks Jr.). Forever remembered.