Memorial Page for Lynn Conway
American computer scientist and electrical engineer
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Lynn Conway (* January 2, 1938 in Mount Vernon; † June 9, 2024 in Jackson) was an american computer scientist and electrical engineer. Lynn Conway was 86 years old. Lynn Conway had 2 children. Lynn Conway's education included Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Lynn Conway received 10 awards, including Computer Pioneer Award, John Price Wetherill Medal. Lynn Conway's cause of death was heart disease.
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14 EventsBorn in Mount Vernon, Westchester County
1938Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1955until 1958
PARC
1973until 1982
Harold Pender Award
1984John Price Wetherill Medal
1985Society of Women Engineers Achievement Award
1990Computer Pioneer Award
2009Computer History Museum Fellow
2014IEEE Maxwell Award
2015Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
2016NCWIT Pioneer in Tech Award
2019National Inventors Hall of Fame
2023honorary doctor of Syracuse University
2024Died in Jackson, Jackson County (heart disease)
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Lynn Conway. Forever remembered.