Doi: 10.1145/1400214.1400230
We knew him as both scholar and friend.
a tribute
to Jim Gray
JiM (JAMEs nichoLAs) grAY was born January
12, 1944 and lost at sea off the coast of Northern California while sailing January 28, 2007. He was one of world’s most distinguished computer scientists. His numerous contributions to the field of database systems were recognized through memberships in the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the European Academy of Science. He was also a fellow of both ACM and IEEE. Jim was awarded the 1998 ACM a.m. Turing Award for his seminal contributions to our understanding of the concept of transactions and their implementation.
photoGraph by riChard morGenstein
At a tribute event at the University of California, Berkeley, last May 31, 700 of Jim’s friends, family, and colleagues met to discuss both his professional accomplishments and the effect he had on their lives. Speaker after speaker discussed what he did in transaction processing and science applications, as well as the ways he had been a friend, mentor, and research collaborator to all.
Jim’s pioneering research on transactions at IBM in the 1970s is the foundation for today’s world of
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