The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details
Donald E. Knuth
Title:
Fletcher Jones Professor of Computer Science
Affiliation:
Stanford University
Stanford,California 94305 USA
Gender:
Male
Award Discipline:
Mathematics and Computer Science
Award Year:
1979
Citation:
"For his significant research into the mathematical analysis and design of efficient computer algorithms and for his profoundly influential books which have codified fundamental knowledge at the core of computer programming."
Presented by President Carter at a White House Ceremony on January 14, 1980.