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Thompson, Kenneth was born in 1943 in New Orleans.
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Kenneth Thompson
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Kenneth Thompson, American software engineer. Co-recipient United States National Medal of Technology, 1999, C&C prize, Nippon Electric Corporation, 1989; named Bell Labs Fellow, 1983; recipient Fellow award, Computer History Museum, 1997, Emmanuel R. Piore award, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Richard Hamming medal, Harold Pender Award, School Engineering and Applied Science, University Pennsylvania, 2003.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, University California, Berkeley, 1965. Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, University California, Berkeley, 1966.
Career
With Computer Sciences Research Center Bell Labs/Lucent Technologies, Murray Hill, New Jersey, 1966—2000. Distinguished member technical staff Bell Labs/Lucent Techs. Fellow Entrisphere, Inc.
Distinguished engineer Google, Inc. Visiting professor University California, Berkeley, 1975—1976, University Sydney, Australia, 1988.
Achievements
Membership
Member of Association Computing Machinery (Turing award and software system award 1983), National Academy of Engineering, National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Society (Tsutomu Kanai award 1999).
Awards
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Co-recipient United States National Medal of Technology, 1999, C&C prize, Nippon Electric Corporation, 1989. Named Bell Labs Fellow, 1983. Recipient Fellow award, Computer History Museum, 1997, Emmanuel R. Piore award, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Richard Hamming medal, Harold Pender Award, School Engineering and Applied Science, University Pennsylvania, 2003.Co-recipient United States National Medal of Technology, 1999, C&C prize, Nippon Electric Corporation, 1989. Named Bell Labs Fellow, 1983. Recipient Fellow award, Computer History Museum, 1997, Emmanuel R. Piore award, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Richard Hamming medal, Harold Pender Award, School Engineering and Applied Science, University Pennsylvania, 2003.