Alan Kay
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| Gender | Male |
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| Age | 84 |
| Date of birth | May 17,1940 |
| Zodiac sign | Taurus |
| Born | Springfield |
| Massachusetts | |
| United States | |
| Spouse | Bonnie MacBird |
| Books | Mental Health and Learning Disability |
| Parents | Hector W. Kay |
| Katherine Kay | |
| Job | Software Developer |
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| Computer scientist | |
| Jazz guitarist | |
| Awards | Turing Award |
| Kyoto Prize | |
| Charles Stark Draper Prize | |
| Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology | |
| Known for | Dynabook; Object-oriented programming; Smalltalk; Graphical user interface; Windows |
| Doctor advisor | David C. Evans |
| Education | The University of Utah |
| Influence | Douglas Engelbart |
| Ivan Sutherland | |
| Founded | PARC |
| Viewpoints Research Institute | |
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| ID | 454280 |
Alan Kay Life story
Alan Curtis Kay is an American computer scientist best known for his pioneering work on object-oriented programming and windowing graphical user interface design. At Xerox PARC he led the design and development of the first modern windowed computer desktop interface.
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