Richard Fateman

Richard Jay Fateman
Richard Jay Fateman
Born	November 4, 1946
Nationality	United States
Education	Applied Mathematics (Ph.D.)
Alma mater	Union College; Harvard University;
Occupation	Computer scientist
Employer	University of California, Berkeley
Known for	Macsyma, Franz Lisp
Spouse(s)	Martha Fateman
Children	Abigail Fateman; Johanna Fateman;
Call sign	KJ6BIH

Richard J. Fateman (born November 4, 1946)[1] is a professor emeritus of computer science at the University of California, Berkeley.

He received a BS in Physics and Mathematics from Union College in June, 1966, and a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from Harvard University in June, 1971. He was a major contributor to the Macsyma computer algebra system at MIT and later to the Franz Lisp system. His current interests include scientific programming environments; computer algebra systems; distributed computing; analysis of algorithms; programming and measurement of large systems; design and implementation of programming languages; and optical character recognition. In 1999, he was inducted as a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery.

Richard Fateman is the father of musician Johanna Fateman.

References

Page 97, Who's who in California, Volume 22, Alice Catt Armstrong, Sarah Alice Vitale, Who's Who Historical Society, 1993 - California

External links

Home page.
Richard Jay Fateman at the Mathematics Genealogy Project

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[1] Page 97, Who's who in California, Volume 22, Alice Catt Armstrong, Sarah Alice Vitale, Who's Who Historical Society, 1993 - California