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John George Kemeny (born Kemény János György; May 31, 1926 – December 26, 1992) was a Hungarian-born American mathematician, computer scientist, and educator best known for co-developing the BASIC programming language in 1964 with Thomas E. Kurtz.
May 27, 2024 · John Kemeny was a Hungarian-born American mathematician and computer scientist. He emigrated to the U.S. with his family at age 14. He took a year off from his undergraduate studies at Princeton University to work on the Manhattan Project and was later a research assistant to Albert Einstein.
Dec 26, 1992 · Quick Info. Born. 31 May 1926. Budapest, Hungary. Died. 26 December 1992. Etna, New Hampshire, USA. Summary. John Kemeny was a Hungarian-born American mathematician and computer scientist best known as the co-inventor of the BASIC computer language. View two larger pictures. Biography.
John G. Kemeny was the chairman of the Dartmouth College Mathematics Department. Based largely on his reputation as an innovator in math teaching, in 1959 the College won an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation award for $500,000 to build a new department building.
Dec 27, 1992 · John G. Kemeny, a distinguished mathematician and computer pioneer who was president of Dartmouth College for more than a decade, died yesterday at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical...
May 1, 1993 · John George Kemeny. Born May 31, 1926, Budapest, Hungary; died December 26, 1992, Lebanon, N.H.; president of Dartmouth College, mathematician who was an assistant to Albert Einstein, chair of the Three Mile Island investigative committee, with Thomas Kurtz, invented the programming language BASIC.
John G. Kemeny, co-inventor of the computer language BASIC and of the Dartmouth Time Sharing System (DTSS) and advocate of universal education in programming died unexpectedly on December 26, 1992. He was 66 years old.
