Prepare a one page report on one of the following people. You may do at most one report on exactly one person. Include references as appropriate, but do not use web references.

1. Frances E. Allen

2. John W. Backus

3. Alonzo Church

4. Stephen A. Cook

5. Edsger W. Dijkstra

6. Paul Erd ?os

7. Kurt Godel

8. Richard Wesley Hamming

9. David Hilbert

10. C. A. R. Hoare

11. John E. Hopcroft

12. Donald Knuth

13. Leonardo of Pisa (Fibonacci)

14. Ada Lovelace

15. Marvin Minsky

16. Peter Naur

17. Allen Newell

18. John von Neumann

19. Herbert A. Simon

20. Dennis Ritchie

21. Robert Tarjan

Your report must include the following sections:

Name

Dates of Birth and Death

Education: Degree type, year, and university.

Key Positions Held: Summary of important employment posts held throughout lifetime.

Key Contributions: Short summary of contributions made to Computer Science, Computer Engi-neering, or Software Engineering.