Background
McCarthy, John was born on September 4, 1927 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Patrick Joseph and Ida McCarthy.
McCarthy, John was born on September 4, 1927 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Patrick Joseph and Ida McCarthy.
Bachelor of Science in Mathematics, California Institute of Technology, 1948. Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematics, Princeton University, 1951. Degree (honorary), Linkoping University, Sweden.
Degree (honorary), Polytechnic University, Madrid. Degree (honorary), Colby College. Degree (honorary), Dublin and Concordia University, Montreal.
Procter Fellow Princeton University, 1950—1951, Higgins Research instructor in mathematics, 1951—1953. Acting assistant professor mathematics Stanford University, 1953—1955. Assistant professor mathematics Dartmouth College, 1955—1958.
Assistant professor communications sciences Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1958—1961, associate professor communications sciences, 1961—1962. Professor computer science Stanford University, 1962—2001, Charles M. Pigott professor School Engineering, 1987—1994, professor emeritus computer science, since 2001. Academic advisor National Legal Center for Public Information, 1976—1980.
Fellow Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, 1979—1980. Bobby R. Inman professor computer science University Texas, 1987. Board director Information International, Inc., 1962—1995, Inference Corporation, 1983—1991, Mad Intelligent Systems, 1987—1991.
Served with Army of the United States, 1945-1946. Fellow: American Association Artificial Intelligence (president 1983-1984). Member: National Academy of Engineering, National Academy of Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Mathematics Society, Association for Computing Machinery (A.M. Turing award 1971), American Academy Arts and Sciences, Sigma Xi.
Children: Susan Joanne, Sarah Kathleen, Timothy Talcott.