The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details
John W. Backus
Title:
IBM Staff Member
Affiliation:
IBM San Jose Research Lab
San Jose,California 95193 USA
Gender:
Male
Year Deceased:
2007
Award Discipline:
Mathematics and Computer Science
Award Year:
1975
Citation:
"For his pioneering contributions to computer programming languages, especially development of the FORTRAN language which made the modern digital computer directly available to countless scientists and engineers."
Presented by President Ford at a White House Ceremony on October 18, 1976.