Sister Mary Kenneth Keller

Biography

Sister Mary Kenneth Keller was a Catholic nun who became one of the first people in America — and the first woman — to earn a PhD in computer science in 1965. She contributed to the development of the BASIC programming language at Dartmouth College, which was originally men-only but made an exception for her. She founded the computer science department at Clarke College and championed computing education for all.

玛丽·肯尼斯·凯勒修女是一位天主教修女，1965年成为美国最早获得计算机科学博士学位的人之一——也是第一位女性。她在达特茅斯学院参与了BASIC编程语言的开发，该学院原本只收男生，但为她破了例。她在克拉克学院创建了计算机科学系，倡导面向所有人的计算机教育。

Key Achievements

• First American woman with a PhD in Computer Science (1965)

  美国首位计算机科学女博士（1965年）

• Contributed to developing BASIC programming language

  参与开发BASIC编程语言

• Founded computer science department at Clarke College

  在克拉克学院创建计算机科学系

References & Citations

1. Wikipedia: Mary Kenneth Keller — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Kenneth_Keller
2. Clarke University archives