Alan Perlis

Alan J. Perlis
Alan J. Perlis
Born	April 1, 1922; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	February 7, 1990 (aged 67); New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.
Education	Carnegie Mellon University (BS); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MS, PhD);
Known for	IT; ALGOL; APL;
Awards	Turing Award, 1966; Computer Pioneer Award, 1985;
	Scientific career
Fields	Computer science
Workplaces	Association for Computing Machinery; Carnegie Mellon University; Purdue University; Yale University;
Thesis	On Integral Equations, Their Solution by Iteration and Analytic Continuation (1950)
Doctoral advisor	Philip Franklin
Doctoral students	Gary Lindstrom; Zohar Manna; David Parnas; John R. Levine;

Alan J. Perlis (April 1, 1922 – February 7, 1990) was an American computer scientist and professor at Purdue University, Carnegie Mellon University and Yale University. He is best known for his pioneering work in programming languages and in 1966 he became the first recipient of the ACM Turing Award.