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<H2>Dennis M. Ritchie</H2>
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<P><STRONG>1941</STRONG> -- Born in Bronxville, N.Y.</P>
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<P><STRONG>1963</STRONG> -- Graduates from Harvard University with a
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B.S. in Physics</P>
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<P><STRONG>1968</STRONG> -- Receives from Harvard University a Ph.D.
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in mathematics</P>
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<P><STRONG>1967</STRONG> -- Joins Bell Labs, following his father,
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Alistair E. Ritchie, who had a long career there</P>
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<P><STRONG>1968</STRONG> -- Joins the Bell Labs team working on
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Multics, a joint effort of Bell Labs, MIT and GE to develop a
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general computer operating system</P>
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<P><STRONG>1972</STRONG> -- Creates C language</P>
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<P><STRONG>1989</STRONG> -- Receives with Ken Thompson the NEC
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C&C Prize for significant contributions to computer
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technology</P>
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<P><STRONG>1983</STRONG> -- Named Bell Labs Fellow</P>
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<P><STRONG>1988</STRONG> -- Elected to the U.S. National Academy of
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Engineering</P>
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<P><STRONG>1990</STRONG> -- Appointed head, System Software Research
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Department in the Computer Sciences Research Center at Bell Labs,
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Murray Hill, N.J.</P>
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<P><STRONG>1995</STRONG> -- Heads the effort to create the Plan 9
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operating system</P>
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<P><STRONG>1996</STRONG> -- Heads the effort to create the
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Inferno<SUP><SMALL>(TM)</SMALL></SUP> operating system</P>
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<P><STRONG>1998</STRONG> -- Awarded with Kenneth Thompson the U.S. <A HREF="news-19990428.html" TITLE="Press release about the National Medal of Technology">National Medal of Technology</A> for the development of the UNIX system</P>
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