John Lowery ESOC 210 Timeline By John.Lowery Sep 4, 1927 Birth of John McCarthy 1944 Enrolled at California Institute of Technology (Caltech) 1948 Graduated with a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Caltech 1951 Earned his Ph.D. from Princeton University 1955 Authored a proposal for a summer research conference on artificial intelligence at Dartmouth College. 1956 Coined the term "artificial intelligence" (AI) at the Dartmouth Conference. 1958 Invented the programming language LISP. 1958 Worked on the design of the ALGOL programming language. 1960 Authored the paper "Programs with Common Sense". 1962 Joined the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and worked on early time-sharing systems. 1965 Founded the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (SAIL). 1966 Hosted computer chess matches against Russian rivals. 1971 Awarded the Turing Award for contributions to AI. 1985 Received the Computer Pioneer Award. 1988 Awarded the Kyoto Prize. 1990 Received the National Medal of Science. 2003 Awarded the Benjamin Franklin Medal. Oct 24, 2011 Passed away in Stanford, California.
