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Birth
Ken Thompson was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. https://www.google.com/search?q=new+orleans+1940s&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS693US698&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=DRZOSzf8u0_O7M%253A%252C_GHkL-OSylgwhM%252C_&usg=__AvLQ7zyoZvi72b9M-B6GOvexPME%3D&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjlh7_G2LjZAhUHl1QKHSigDvkQ9QEILzAD#imgrc=DRZOSzf8u0_O7M: -
Education
Thompson receives a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of California, Berkeley. https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS693US698&biw=824&bih=687&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=oEeOWuDmHsvV0gLQ8pGoDw&q=uc+berkeley+&oq=uc+berkeley+&gs_l=psy-ab.3..0i67k1l2j0j0i67k1j0j0i67k1j0j0i67k1j0j0i67k1.9303.9817.0.10235.4.4.0.0.0.0.93.338.4.4.0....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..0.4.337...0i24k1j0i8i30k1.0.cM5o4xLT1D0#imgrc=jE0-bz75LAqh0M: -
Education contined..
Thompson continues studying at UC Berkeley to receive a Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS693US698&biw=824&bih=687&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=oEeOWuDmHsvV0gLQ8pGoDw&q=uc+berkeley+&oq=uc+berkeley+&gs_l=psy-ab.3..0i67k1l2j0j0i67k1j0j0i67k1j0j0i67k1j0j0i67k1.9303.9817.0.10235.4.4.0.0.0.0.93.338.4.4.0....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..0.4.337...0i24k1j0i8i30k1.0.cM5o4xLT1D0#imgrc=jE0-bz75LAqh0M: -
Bell Laboratories
Began working at the AT&T Bell laboratories Computer Sciences Research Center in New Jersey with a colleage named Dennis Ritchie. https://www.google.com/search?q=bell+laboratories&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS693US698&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwic__H83LjZAhVJqFQKHTLtA1wQ_AUICygC&biw=1330&bih=687#imgrc=OdO37B0mOPaq7M: -
B programming language
Thompson creates the B programming language with Ritchie. https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS693US698&biw=1330&bih=687&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=t0yOWpSmKuOJ0gKt169g&q=ken+thompson+with+dennis+ritchie&oq=ken+thompson+with+dennis+ritchie&gs_l=psy-ab.3...1943.3508.0.3702.12.12.0.0.0.0.105.957.10j1.11.0....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..2.0.0....0.m240xwvaR3k#imgrc=lk7IRQvNdhwi2M: -
Space Travel
Ken creates the first game to ever fun on a computer. The game is called Space Travel.
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PDP-7
Bell Labs extracted from their MULTICS project they had been working on for years and Thompson began to rewrite the code for Space Travel to fit on the PDP-7 system.
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UNIX
Ken and Dennis publish The Unix Programmer's Manual. This was the first documentation of UNIX to be released to the public after years of work.
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UNIX in C Programming Language
Kenneth Thompson rewrites UNIX in C Programming Language.
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UC Berkeley We Meet Again
Ken returned to University of California, Berkeley where he instals Unix on a PDP-11/17. This is the first time in which an institution has received this.
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National Academy of Engineering
Ken is inducted into the National Academy of Engineering for establishing the UNIX operating system.
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Turning Award
Together Ritchie and Thompson receive the Turning Award for the development and creation of the Unix operating system.
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IEE Richard W. Hamming Medal
Again, Thompson and Ritchie jointly accept the IEE Richard W. Hamming Medal for the creation of the Unix operating system and C programming language.
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UTF-8
Kenneth Thompson works with a colleague named Rob Pike at Bell labs creating a code named, UTF-8. This serves as a dominant coding for the internet.
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National Medal of Technology
Together Ken and Dennis receive the 1998 National Medal of Technology from President Bill Clinton. They received this award for inventing the C programming language and the Unix operating system.
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Tsutomu Kanai Award
Thompson is selected by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers as the first ever to receive the Tsutomu Kanai Award for his invention regarding the Unix operating system. [https://www.google.com/search?q=Tsutomu+Kanai+Award&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS693US698&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiu6beY5rjZAhWorVQKHRGHBfIQ_AUICigB&biw=812&bih=687#imgrc=0WmXa8P8XcDZPM:]http://www.timetoast.com -
Retirement
Kenneth Thompson retires from AT&T Bell laboratories Computer Sciences Research Center.
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Career continues..
Thompson is offered a job at Entrisphere Inc.
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Google Job Offer
Thompson is hired to be an Engineer by Google.
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Go Programming Language
Kenneth Thompson works on Go programming language for 3 years until it is publicly released.
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Present Day
Kenneth Thompson is alive and well and currently 75 years old! Cites:
https://www.google.com/search?q=go+programming+language&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS693US698&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjF3OWg6bjZAhWnwlQKHXiwBMgQ_AUIDSgE&biw=812&bih=687#imgrc=bFaZIzA_xxYDXM: http://www.computerhistory.org/fellowawards/hall/ken-thompson/ http://www.linfo.org/thompson.html https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kenneth-Lane-Thompson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Thompson
