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Lynn Conway

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Lynn Conway
Conway in 2006
Born(1938-01-02)January 2, 1938
Mount Vernon, New York, U.S.[1]
DiedJune 9, 2024(2024-06-09) (aged 86)
Jackson, Michigan, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Alma materColumbia University
Known forMead & Conway revolution, transgender activism
Spouse
Charles Rogers
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(m. 2013)​
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsComputer science
Electrical engineering
InstitutionsIBM Advanced Computing Systems (1964–68), Memorex, Xerox PARC (1970s), DARPA, University of Michigan
Influences

Lynn Ann Conway (January 2, 1938 – June 9, 2024)[3][4] was an American computer scientist, electrical engineer, inventor, and transgender activist for LGBT rights.[5]

She worked at IBM in the 1960s. She was known for her invention of generalized dynamic instruction handling. She was also widely-known for the Mead & Conway revolution with Carver Mead.[6][7][8][9][10]

Born a male, Conway transitioned into a woman.[11] After IBM found out about this, she was fired in 1968. In 2020, IBM apologized for firing Conway.[12]

Conway died from a heart disease at her home in Jackson, Michigan, on June 9, 2024, at the age of 86.[13][14]

References

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  1. ↑ Saari, Peggy; Allison, Stephen; Ellavich, Marie C. (1996). Scientists: A-F. U-X-L. ISBN 978-0-7876-0960-3.
  2. ↑ "CHM 2014 Fellow "For her work in developing and disseminating new methods of integrated circuit design"". Computerhistory.org. Archived from the original on July 3, 2016. Retrieved April 10, 2018.
  3. ↑ Lee, John A. N. (1995). International Biographical Dictionary of Computer Pioneers. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 1-884964-47-8.
  4. ↑ "Computer Pioneers - Lynn Conway". IEEE. Archived from the original on November 10, 2014. Retrieved November 10, 2014.
  5. ↑ "21 Transgender People Who Influenced American Culture". Time Magazine. May 29, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Lynn Conway: 2009 Computer Pioneer Award Recipient" Archived January 3, 2015, at the Wayback Machine, IEEE Computer Society, January 20, 2010.
  7. ↑ "IEEE Computer Society Video: Lynn Conway receives 2009 IEEE Computer Society Computer Pioneer Award" on YouTube, July 30, 2010.
  8. ↑ "Event: IBM ACS System: A Pioneering Supercomputer Project of the 1960s", Computer History Museum, February 18, 2010.
  9. ↑ "Computer History Museum Events: IBM ACS System: A Pioneering Supercomputer Project of the 1960s" Archived September 28, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Computer History Museum, February 18, 2010.
  10. ↑ "Historical Reflections: IBM's Single-Processor Supercomputer Efforts – Insights on the pioneering IBM Stretch and ACS projects" by M. Smotherman and D. Spicer, Communications of the ACM, Vol. 53, No. 12, December 2010, pp. 28–30.
  11. ↑ Conway, Lynn (2012). "Reminiscences of the VLSI revolution: How a series of failures triggered a paradigm shift in digital design" (PDF). IEEE Solid-State Circuits Magazine. 4 (4). IEEE: 8–31. doi:10.1109/MSSC.2012.2215752. ISSN 1943-0582. S2CID 9286356.
  12. ↑ Alicandri, Jeremy. "IBM Apologizes For Firing Computer Pioneer For Being Transgender...52 Years Later". Forbes.
  13. ↑ Hiltzik, Michael (2024-06-11). "Lynn Conway, leading computer scientist and transgender pioneer, dies at 85". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on June 12, 2024. Retrieved 2024-06-12.
  14. ↑ Moore, Nicole Casal (2024-06-11). "The legacy of Lynn Conway, chip design pioneer and transgender-rights advocate". Michigan Engineering. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
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