John George Kemeny [1] ( Hungarian. Kemény János György , English John George Kemeny ; May 31, 1926 , Budapest - December 26, 1992 , New Hampshire , USA ) - American mathematician and computer scientist . Together with Thomas Kurtz , BASIC ( 1964 ) was developed. [2] In 1970, he was elected the 13th president of Dartmouth College (one of the oldest and most respected universities in the United States) and held this position for 11 years. In this college, he first began the systematic use of computers in the educational process.
| John George Kemeny | |
|---|---|
| English John George Kemeny Hungarian Kemény János György | |
| Birth name | |
| Date of Birth | May 31, 1926 |
| Place of Birth | Budapest |
| Date of death | December 26, 1992 (66 years old) |
| A place of death | New Hampshire , USA |
| A country |  USA |
| Scientific field | mathematics , computer science |
| Place of work | |
| Alma mater | Princeton University |
| supervisor | |
| Known as | one of the authors of BASIC |
| Awards and prizes | Medal " Pioneer of Computer Technology " ( 1985 ) |
Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 Contribution to Mathematics
- 3 Awards and honors
- 4 Transactions in Russian translation
- 5 notes
- 6 References
Biography
John Kemeny was born into a family of Hungarian Jews [3] . At school, he sat at the same desk with the future famous physicist Nandor Balazh. After the outbreak of the war, the family emigrated to New York in January 1940, fearing the growing dependence of the Hortist regime on Nazi Germany [3] ; relatives remaining in Hungary died in concentration camps. [four]
After graduating with honors from high school, John entered Princeton University ( 1943 ), where he studied mathematics and philosophy. A gifted student was involved in the Manhattan project , where he worked under the guidance of Richard Feynman . There he met John von Neumann .
In 1947, Kemeny received a bachelor's degree and began work on a doctorate in the field of foundations of mathematics [5] , which he defended two years later. Its supervisor was Alonzo Church . At the same time, Kemeny collaborated with Einstein, who lived in Princeton , as a consultant on mathematical issues. [3]
In 1951 he got married. He had two children.
Since 1953, Kemeni has been teaching at the Department of Mathematics at the prestigious Dartmouth College . [3] From 1955 to 1967 he was the head of this faculty, and in 1970 he became (without leaving a teaching job) president of Dartmouth College. During this period, he was attracted to the ideas of automating programming and the use of computers in learning. Together with Thomas Kurtz, he developed for this the first version of the Basic programming language ( 1964 ), which he implemented on a specially developed time-sharing system for the LGP-30 mini-computer network.
He died of heart disease in 1992 . [6]
Contribution to Math
Published several monographs in the field of mathematical logic and discrete mathematics. The main contribution was made to the theory of finite Markov chains . His name is called the constant Kemeny . [7]
Awards and honors
- Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences ( 1967 ).
- New York National Academy Award.
- Award " Pioneer of computer technology " ( 1985 ) for the creation of BASIC.
- Computer Medal IEEE ( 1986 ).
- IBM Lewis Robinson Award ( 1990 ).
Proceedings in the Russian translation
- J. Kemeny, J. Snell, J. Thompson. Introduction to finite mathematics . - World, 1965 .-- 484 p. Archived November 11, 2014 on Wayback Machine
- J. Kemeny, J. Snell. Cybernetic modeling. Some applications . - Soviet Radio, 1972. - 192 p. Archived November 11, 2014 on Wayback Machine
- Kemeni D.J., Snell J.L. Markov end chains. M .: Nauka, 1970, 271 p.
- Kemeni D.J., Snell J.L. Countable Markov chains. M .: Nauka, 1987, 416 p.
Notes
- ↑ In Hungarian, his name is Janos György Kömen .
- ↑ John Kemeny, 66, Computer Pioneer and Educator (obituary) . The New York Times (December 27, 1992). Date of treatment February 2, 2008. Archived June 18, 2012.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Weibel, Peter. Beyond Art - A Third Culture: a Comparative Study in Cultures, Art, and Science in 20th Century Austria and Hungary . - Springer, 2005 .-- P. 350. - ISBN 3211245626 .
- ↑ True Basic. A sketch of John Kemeny . Dartmouth Alumni Magazine . Archived on June 18, 2012.
- ↑ The dissertation was called “ Type Theory vs. Set Theory ” ( English Type-Theory vs. Set-Theory ).
- ↑ Ohles, Frederik. Biographical Dictionary of Modern American Educators . - Greenwood Publishing Group, 1997. - P. 189. - ISBN 0313291330 .
- ↑ JG Kemeny and JL Snell. Finite Markov Chains. Van Nostrand, Princeton, NJ, 1960.
Links
- Thomas Kurtz and John Kemeny.
- John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson . Kemeny, John George (English) - biography in the MacTutor archive. (eng.)
- The Papers of John G. Kemeny in the Dartmouth College Library
- JOHN G. KEMENY, President 1970-1981
- John G. Kemeny. Bio at Bellevue CC site
- A sketch of John Kemeny for the Dartmouth Alumni Magazine
- Interview with Kemeny about his experience at Princeton