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Memorial Page for John McCarthy
Sep 4, 1927 – Oct 24, 2011(84 years)Died in:Stanford, Santa Clara County
American computer scientist and cognitive scientist
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John McCarthy (* September 4, 1927 in Boston; † October 24, 2011 in Stanford) was an american computer scientist and cognitive scientist. He was 84 years old. He was married to Vera Watson. His education included California Institute of Technology, Princeton University and Belmont High School. His faith was atheism. He received 10 awards, including Turing Award, Benjamin Franklin Medal. His cause of death was myocardial infarction. He was buried at Alta Mesa Memorial Park.
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11 EventsBorn in Boston, Suffolk County
1927Stanford University
1962until 2000
Turing Award
1971IJCAI Award for Research Excellence
1985Computer Pioneer Award
1985Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology
1988National Medal of Science
1990AAAI Fellow
1990Programming Languages Achievement Award
2002Benjamin Franklin Medal
2003Died in Stanford, Santa Clara County (myocardial infarction)
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- Ida Glatt McCarthy
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