Elliott Organick | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 25, 1925 |
| Died | December 21, 1985 (aged 60) |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan B.S. M.S. Ph.D. |
| Known for | Founder of ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education |
| Awards | SIGCSE Award for Outstanding Contribution to Computer Science Education(1985) |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Manhattan Project M. W. Kellogg Company United Gas Corporation University of Houston University of Michigan MIT CSAIL University of Utah |
| Thesis | Prediction of Hydrocarbon Vapor-Liquid Equilibria (1950) |
| Doctoral advisor | Donald L. Katz George Granger Brown |
Elliott Irving Organick (February 25, 1925 – December 21, 1985) was a computer scientist and pioneer in operating systems development and education. He was considered "the foremost expositor writer of computer science", and was instrumental in founding the ACM Special Interest Group for Computer Science Education.[1]