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John McCarthy Born
Born in Boston, Massachusetts -
Entered the California Institute of Technology
Entered the California Institute of Technology for undergraduate studies -
Earns undergraduate degree
Earns undergraduate degree from the California Institute of Technology -
Receives PhD from Princeton
Receives PhD in mathematics from Princeton -
Organizes the first Dartmouth Conference on Artificial Intelligence
Organizes the first Dartmouth Conference on Artificial Intelligence while teaching mathematics at Dartmouth -
Moves to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
founds the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory with Marvin Minsky -
Invents LISP programming language
LISP stands for List Processing. Revolutionary programming language that influenced most languages that followed it -
Invents Garbage Collection for computers
Invents Garbage Collection for computer programs and adds it to LISP -
Publishes "Programs with Common Sense" paper
Publishes "Programs with Common Sense" paper laying out his programming approach and suggesting a way to evolve human intelligence with the aid of machines / computers -
Becomes the founding director of SAIL
Becomes the founding director of the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, or SAIL -
Receives A. M. Turing Award
Turing Award
Receives A. M. Turing Award from the Association for computing Machinery at the 26th annual ACM conference for his contributions in the field of Artificial Intelligence -
Received the National Medal of Science
Received the National Medal of Science -
Retires professionally
Retires officially -
Receives Benjamin Franklin Medal
Receives Benjamin Franklin Medal from the Franklin Institute -
John McCarthy Death
Died in Stanford, California
