2001 Fellow Award
Tuesday, October 23, 2001 at 6:00 pm
Fairmont Hotel, San Jose, California, USA
The Fellows Awards is bestowed annually by Computer History Museum to recognize those individuals of outstanding merit and accomplishment who have made fundamental contributions to the field of computing. The Fellow Awards Banquet is attended by Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, computer scientists, business leaders, academics and other supporters of computer history. Proceeds from this event support the preservation and educational missions of Computer History Museum.
The Fellow Awards Banquet 2001 event was a brillant evening with almost 400 attendees applauding the achievements of three outstanding people in the computer technology world. The Honorees were Frederick P. Brooks, Jean E. Sammet, and Maurice V. Wilkes.
Prior to the banquet and awards ceremony, a reception and "Computing in Switzerland" exhibit highlighted artifacts that were donated to the Museum by various Swiss individuals and organizations. The donations were initated and coordinated by the Swiss Science and Technology Office in San Francisco and shipped courtesy of PRS Presence Switzerland.
2001 Fellows
Frederick P. Brooks,
for his contributions to computer architecture, operating systems, and software engineering
Maurice V. Wilkes,
for his contributions to computer technology, including early machine design, microprogramming, and the Cambridge Ring network
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