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John Leroy Hennessy (born September 22, 1952) is an American computer scientist who is chairperson of Alphabet Inc. (Google). [8] Hennessy is one of the founders of MIPS Technologies and Atheros, and also the tenth President of Stanford University.
As Stanford University’s 10th president, John L. Hennessy led the university’s extraordinary growth in multidisciplinary research and teaching from 2000 to 2016.
John L. Hennessy joined Stanford’s faculty in 1977 as an assistant professor of electrical engineering. He rose through the academic ranks to full professorship in 1986 and was the inaugural Willard R. and Inez Kerr Bell Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from 1987 to 2004.
John L. Hennessy. John Hennessy served as Stanford's tenth president from 2000 – 2016. Latest updates. John Hennessy to receive the National Science Board Vannevar Bush Award. The former Stanford president is honored for his pioneering work in computer science and his dedication to supporting future leaders in the sciences, and beyond.
John L. Hennessy joined Stanford’s faculty in 1977 as an assistant professor of electrical engineering. He rose through the academic ranks to full professorship in 1986 and was the inaugural Willard R. and Inez Kerr Bell Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from 1987 to 2004.
Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, United Kingdom, Elected 2017. Legendary Leader, Churchill Club, Silicon Valley, 2017. Okawa Prize for Information and Telecommunications, 2017. Honorary Doctorate, University of Strathclyde, 2016. James F. and Mary Lynn Gibbons Endowed Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, 2016.
360. 1984. Two techniques to enhance the performance of memory consistency models. K Gharachorloo, A Gupta, JL Hennessy. Computer Systems Laboratory, Stanford University. , 1991. 353. 1991. Load balancing and data locality in adaptive hierarchical N-body methods: Barnes-Hut, fast multipole, and radiosity.
John L. Hennessy, born in 1952, was raised on Long Island’s north shore in Huntington, New York. His mother was a teacher before retiring to raise six children; his father was an electrical engineer. He was a tinkerer in high school, winning a science fair prize for an automated tic-tac-toe machine.
Jul 12, 2023 · On the occasion of Knight-Hennessy Scholars' fifth anniversary, Co-Founder and Shriram Family Director John Hennessy reflects on its earliest days.
John L. Hennessy, a Turing Award-winning computer scientist and entrepreneur who served as president of Stanford University from 2000 to 2016, reflects on his family background and education, his research and teaching contributions, and his leadership as the dean of the School of Engineering, provost, and president.
