Wally Feurzeig

Wally Feurzeig
Wally Feurzig in the BBN cafeteria, April 2006
Born
Wallace Feurzeig

(1927-06-10)June 10, 1927
DiedJanuary 4, 2013(2013-01-04) (aged 85)[2]
EducationUniversity of Chicago (BS, PhB)
Illinois Institute of Technology (MS)
Known forLogo
SpouseNanni Feurzeig
Children3
Scientific career
FieldsComputer science
Artificial intelligence
Educational programming language
InstitutionsArgonne National Laboratory
University of Chicago
Bolt, Beranek and Newman (BBN)

Wallace "Wally" Feurzeig (June 10, 1927 – January 4, 2013)[1] was an American computer scientist who was co-inventor, with Seymour Papert and Cynthia Solomon, of the programming language Logo,[3] and a well-known researcher in artificial intelligence (AI).[4]

  1. ^ a b "Obituary: Wallace Feurzeig". Lexington Minuteman. Lexington, Massachusetts. January 29–31, 2013. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
  2. ^ "In Memory of Wally Feurzeig". DignityMemorial.com. Retrieved January 7, 2013.
  3. ^ Hafner, Katie; Lyon, Matthew (1999). Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins of the Internet. Simon and Schuster. p. 87. ISBN 978-0-684-87216-2. Retrieved August 11, 2010.
  4. ^ Emerson, Lori (June 1, 2014). Reading Writing Interfaces: From the Digital to the Bookbound. U of Minnesota Press. ISBN 978-1-4529-4219-3.