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Clarence A. "Skip" Ellis

Clarence A. "Skip" Ellis

Background

South Chicago in 1943

Summary

Clarence A. "Skip" Ellis was a black computer scientist from southern Chicago who managed to overcome poverty to become the first black computer scientist, and still teaches today.

  • Born May 11, 1943 in Chicago, Illinois
  • Lived with his mother and four of his brothers
  • Is currently alive

Interesting Facts

Attended the famous "I Have a Dream

speech.

Sources

  • http://archive.is/dl6O
  • http://www.answers.com/topic/clarence-a-ellis
  • http://www.cs.colorado.edu/~skip/Home.html
  • http://www.math.buffalo.edu/mad/computer-science/ellis_clarencea.html

Beloit College

Contributions to Science Pt. 2

University of Illinois

He also helped invent the icon based GUI, one of the most used developments in the history of computers.

Windows 8, the newest version of the Windows operating system, is a example of a icon based GUI.

Education

Awards received: Fellow, Association for Computing Machinery, 1997

  • Elementary/Middle/High unknown
  • Highest degree achieved: PhD of Computer Science
  • Attended Beloit College, received Doctorate from University of Illinois

Contribution to Science

Men working on the Illiac IV

  • Worked on the Illiac IV supercomputer, which was a example of a system based on parallel processing, or multiple processors working data from a single source.
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