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John George Kemeny

Jewish-Hungarian American mathematician, computer scientist, educator, and President of Dartmouth College

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Instance of: human
Born: 31 May 1926
Died: 26 December 1992
Place of birth: Budapest
Place of death: Hanover (NH), Etna
Sex or gender: male
Given name: János, John, György, George
Family name: Kemény
Occupation: mathematician, computer scientist, university teacher, economist, university president, educator
Position held: chairperson
Citizenship: Hungary, United States
Awards: Computer Pioneer Award
academic thesis: Type-Theory vs. Set-Theory
birth name: Kemény János György
described by source: Biographical Dictionary of Modern American Educators
doctoral advisor: Alonzo Church
doctoral student: Václav E. Beneš, John Albert Higginson, Neal Weidenhofer, Michael Jay Berg
educated at: Princeton University, George Washington Educational Campus
employer: Dartmouth College, Manhattan Project, Princeton University
ethnic group: Jewish people
languages spoken, written or signed: English
manner of death: natural causes
member of: American Academy of Arts and Sciences
name: John Kemeny, Kemény János
name in native language: Kemény János György
notable work: BASIC, Kemeny's constant, Report of the President's Commission on the Accident at Three Mile Island : the need for change : the legacy of TMI / United States. - 1979
participant in: Manhattan Project
place of burial: Dartmouth College Cemetery

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Dartmouth BASIC

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Kemeny, John George (1926-1992), computer scientist and mathematician