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Birthdate
born in Portland, Oregon -
MIT
Admitted into MIT during fall -
Tech Model Railroad Club
joined the Tech Model Railroad Club -
Implementations of different LISP SUBRs
began devising implementations of different LISP SUBRs. -
Fortran Compiler (PDP-1)
implemented a Fortran compiler for the PDP-1. -
Failed out of MIT
failed out of MIT as a first-term junior and started to work for Charles Adams Associates. -
Re-hired into MIT's AI Lab
Re-hired into MIT’s AI lab 6 months after failing out of MIT -
shallow binding (Lisp)
created the use of shallow binding for Lisp. -
co-wrote ITS
co-wrote the Incompatible Timesharing Systems also known as ITS alongside Tom Knight and Steward Nelson. The ITS was an operating system for the PDP-6 and PDP-10 that was used at MIT. -
MIT Lisp Machine Project
Started the MIT Lisp Machine project -
Maclisp (PDP-6)
implemented Maclisp on the PDP-6 -
Designed Mac Hack
designed a chess computer program called Mac Hack which played against Bobby Fischer, an undefeated chess champion. His program loss all 3 games. -
Mac Hack gets adapted w/ CHEOPS
Mac Hack got adapted to one of the first chess dedicated computer hardware called CHEOPS, known as Chess Oriented Processing System. -
Founded Lisp Machines, Inc.
became one of the main designers along with Tom Knight, for the MIT Lisp machine and founded the company Lisp Machines, Inc. -
Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution
Accomplishments were mentioned in the book Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution by Steven Levy. -
Lisp Machines, Inc goes bankrupt
Lisp Machines, Inc. went bankrupt
