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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.

 

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