ACM AUTHORS TURNED A.M. TURING
WINNERS AND ACM PRESIDENTS*
THE GOTLIEB YEARS
1962–1964
Future Turing Recipients
Alan Perlis (1966)
Maurice Wilkes (1967)
John McCarthy (1971)
E.W. Dijkstra (1972)
Donald Knuth (1974)
Allen Newell (1975)
John Backus (1977)
William Kahan (1989)
Fernando Corbato (1990)
Peter Naur (2005)
Future ACM Presidents
Harry Huskey (1960–1962)
George Forsythe (1964–1966)
Anthony Oettinger (1966–1968)
Bernard Galler (1968–1970)
John White (1990–1992)
THE LYNN YEARS
1969–March 1973
Future Turing Recipients
Charles Bachman (1973)
Frederick P. Brooks (1999)
E.F. Codd (1981)
C.A.R. Hoare (1980)
Donald E. Knuth (1974)
Niklaus Wirth (1984)
THE ASHENHURST YEARS
April 1973–1983
Future Turing Recipients
Butler Lampson (1992)
Dennis M. Ritchie (1983)
Ken Thompson (1983)
C.A.R. Hoare (1980)
Ronald Rivest (2002)
John Cocke (1987)
Francis Allen (2006)
Nicklaus Wirth (1984)
Adi Shamir (2002)
Leonard Adleman (2002)
Peter Naur (2005)
Robert W. Floyd (1978)
Richard M. Karp (1985)
Ed Feigenbaum (1994)
Future ACM Presidents
Stuart Zweben (1994–1996)
David Patterson (2004–2006)
THE DENNING YEARS
1983–1992
Future Turing Recipients
Robert E. Tarjan (1986)
Jim Gray (1998)
Ronald L. Rivest (2002)
Adi Shamir (2002)
Future ACM Presidents
Stuart Zweben (1994–1996)
Barbara Simons (1998–2000)
David Patterson (2004–2006)
THE COHEN YEARS
1992–1996
Future Turing Recipients
Juris Hartmanis (1993)
Frederick P. Brooks (1999)
Robert E. Kahn (2004)
Future ACM Presidents
Barbara Simons (1998–2000)
Maria Klawe (2002–2004)
*All works were published prior to award/office
announcements.