Thomas E. Kurtz
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Thomas E. Kurtz
- Birthdate
- 1928/02/22
- Birthplace
- Oak Park, IL
- Death date
- 2024/11/12
Biography
Thomas Eugene Kurtz was born on February 22nd, 1928, in Oak Park, Illinois, USA. Kurtz earned his Bachelors degree from Knox College in 1950 and his masters and Ph.D. Princeton in 1956. After receiving his doctorate, Kurtz joined the faculty at Dartmouth University, where he remained for the entirety of his career.
In 1964, with John G. Kemeny, the chair of Dartmouth's math department, Kurtz developed the BASIC programming language, an IEEE Milestone, which was widely used by beginner programmers until the the 1990s. From 1966 to 1975, he was the director of the Kiewit Computation Center at Dartmouth, and in 1979, Kurtz co-founded a professional master’s program in computer and information systems
Kurtz died on November 12th, 2024.
Further Reading
- Programming Languages for the Layman, a panel discussion held on 3/22/1972 featuring Kurtz
