Charles P. Thacker Scientist

Charles P. (Chuck) Thacker (born 1943) is an American pioneer computer designer. He worked on the Xerox Alto which is the first computer that used a mouse-driven Graphical User Interface.

Personal facts

Charles P. Thacker
Birth dateFebruary 26, 1943
Birth place
Pasadena California , United States
Nationality
United States
Education
University of California Berkeley

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Scientist

awards
Turing Award
Field of study
Computer science

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External resources

  1. http://blogs.technet.com/cdnitmanagers/archive/2010/03/25/legendary-pioneer-chuck-thacker-recent-turing-award-recipient-250k-prize-considered-nobel-prize-of-computing-from-microsoft-research-shares-his-iconic-legacy-current-and-future-innovative-research.aspx
  2. http://news.microsoft.com/2010/03/09/chuck-thacker-attains-computings-peak
  3. http://www.budiu.info/blog/thacker.html
  4. http://www.ieee.org/about/awards/bios/vonneumann_recipients.html#sect8
  5. http://www.microsoft.com/about/technicalrecognition/Chuck-Thacker.aspx