PROFILE OF THE 1996 KYOTO PRIZES LAUREATE
PROFILE OF THE 1996 KYOTO PRIZE LAUREATE
IN
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY
Field Selected: Information Science
NAME : Dr. Donald Ervin Knuth
DATE OF BIRTH : January 10, 1938 age 58 (as of June 28, 1996)
NATIONALITY : U.S.A.
BRIEF BIOGRAPHY:
1938 Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
1960 B.S. Case Institute of Technology
1963 Ph.D. in Mathematics, California Institute of
Technology
1963 Assistant Professor in Mathematics,
California Institute of Technology
1963 Associate Professor in Mathematics,
California Institute of Technology
1968-present Professor of Computer Science, Stanford
University
1993-present Professor Emeritus of The Art of Computer
Programming, Stanford University
AWARDS AND HONORS:
1971 Grace Hopper Award, ACM
1974 Alen Turing Award, ACM
1979 National Medal of Science, U.S.A.
1982 IEEE Computer Pioneer Award
1986 ACM Software Systems Award
1987 The New York Academy of Sciences Award
1988 Franklin Medal
1989 J. D. Warnier Prize
MAJOR WORKS :
(Books)
1968 The Art of Computer Programming, Vol.1
1969 The Art of Computer Programming, Vol.2
1973 The Art of Computer Programming, Vol.3
1984 The TEXbook
1986 The METAFONTbook
(Papers)
1965 On the translation of languages from left to
right. Information and Control 8
1970 Simple word problems in universal algebras.
In Computational Problems in Abstract Algebra
(with P. B. Bendix)
1976 Mathematical and Computer Science: Coping
with finiteness. Science 194
1984 Literate programming. The Computer Journal 27
PROFILE OF THE 1996 KYOTO PRIZE LAUREATE
IN
BASIC SCIENCES
Fields Selected: Life Sciences (Molecular Biology,
Cell Biology, Neurobiology)
NAME : Dr. Mario Renato Capecchi
DATE OF BIRTH : October 6, 1937 age 59 (as of June 28, 1996)
NATIONALITY : U.S.A.
BRIEF BIOGRAPHY:
1937 Born in Verona, Italy
1961 B.S. Antioch College, U.S.A.
1967 Ph.D. Harvard University
1968 Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
1973 Professor of Biology, University of Utah
1988-present Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical
Institute
1989-present Professor of Human Genetics, School of
Medicine, University of Utah
AWARDS AND HONORS:
1969 American Chemical Society Awards in
Biochemistry
1974 American Cancer Society Faculty Research Award
1986 Chairman of the Gordon Conference on Molecular
Genetics
1991 Member of the National Academy of Sciences,
U.S.A.
1993 Gairdner Foundation International Award for
Achievements in Medical Sciences, Canada
1994 Sloan Prize, General Motors Cancer Research
Foundation, U.S.A.
MAJOR WORKS :
1980 High efficiency transformation by direct
microinjection of DNA into cultured mammalian
cells. Cell, 22
1987 Site-directed mutagenesis by gene targeting
in
mouse embryo-derived stem cells.
(with K. R. Thomas) Cell, 51
1988 Disruption of the proto-oncogene int-2 in
mouse
embryo-derived stem cells: a general strategy
for targeting mutations to non-selectable
genes. (with S. L. Mansour and K. R. Thomas)
Nature, 336
1991 Regionally restricted developmental defects
resulting from targeted disruption of the mouse
homeobox gene hox-1.5
(with O. Chisaka) Nature, 350
1995 Absence of radius and ulna mice lacking
hoxa-11
and hoxd-11. (with A. P. Davis, others) Nature,
375
PROFILE OF THE 1996 KYOTO PRIZE LAUREATE
IN
CREATIVE ARTS AND MORAL SCIENCES
Field Selected: Philosophy
NAME : Dr. Willard Van Orman Quine
DATE OF BIRTH : June 25, 1908 age 88 (as of June 28, 1996)
NATIONALITY : U.S.A.
BRIEF BIOGRAPHY:
1908 Born in Akron, Ohio, U.S.A.
1930 Graduate from Oberlin College and take a
degree in Mathematics
1932 Ph.D., in Philosophy at Harvard
University and take a degree in Ethics under
the guidance of A. N. Whitehead
1932-1933 Study to Europe, Sheldon Traveling Fellow
1948 Professor of Philosophy, Harvard University
1957 President, eastern Division of the American
Philosophical Association
1978 Professor Emeritus, Harvard University
AWARDS AND HONORS:
1948-1978 Fellow, Society of Fellows, Harvard University
1956-1957 Fellow, Institute of Advanced Study, Princeton
1970 N.M.Butler Gold Medal, Columbia University
1991 Frantisek Polacky Gold Medal, Czech Republic
1993 Rolf Schock Prize in philosophy, Sweden
1993 Charles University Silver Medal, Prague
Honorary doctorate: Oberlin College, Washington University
University of Chicago, Oxford University,
Cambridge University
Member: American Philosophical Society, National
Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts
and Sciences, British Academy
MAJOR WORKS :
1950 Methods of logic
1951 Two Dogmas of Empiricism
1953 From a logical point of view
1960 Word and Object
1969 Epistemology Naturalized
1970 Philosophy of logic
1974 The roots of reference