Lois Haibt

Lois Haibt
Born
Lois B. Mitchell

1934 (age 89–90)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materVassar College
Known forDeveloper of FORTRAN
SpouseLuther Haibt
Children1
Scientific career
FieldsComputer science
InstitutionsIBM, Thomas J. Watson Research Center
Bell Laboratories

Lois B. Mitchell Haibt (born 1934) is an American computer scientist best known for being a member of the ten-person team at IBM that developed FORTRAN, the first successful high-level programming language. She is known as an early pioneer in computer science.