Daniel D. McCracken

American computer scientist, academic, educator and writer

Daniel D. McCracken (July 23, 1930 – July 30, 2011) was a computer scientist in the United States. He was a professor of Computer Sciences at the City College of New York, and the author of over two dozen textbooks on computer programming, with an emphasis on guides to programming in widely used languages such as Fortran and COBOL. His A Guide to Fortran Programming (Wiley, 1961) and its successors were the standard textbooks on that language for over two decades.²

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Born Jul 23, 1930, died Jul 30, 2011.¹

About

His books have been translated into fourteen languages.

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Companies

Association for Computing MachineryChair 1978 to 1980¹²

Early life and education

Date not recordedCourant Institute School of Mathematics, Computing, and Data Science³
Date not recordedCentral Washington University³
Date not recordedUnion Theological Seminary³

Career

Occupation: computer scientist.⁵

1978 to 1980Chair, Association for Computing Machinery⁴

McCracken was born in 1930 in Hughesville, Judith Basin County, Montana, a mining town, and graduated in 1951 from Central Washington University with degrees in mathematics and chemistry. He worked seven years with the General Electric Company in computer applications and programmer training. After that, he worked at the New York University Atomic Energy Commission Computer Center, and was a graduate student at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences. In 1959 he became a consultant and continued writing on computer subjects. In 1970 he earned a Master of Divinity degree from the Union Theological Seminary in New York.

From 1976 to 1978, he was vice president of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), from 1978 to 1980 he was president of the ACM, and in 1994 he was inducted as an ACM Fellow. He served as ACM's representative to the Board of Directors of the Institute for Certification of Computing Professionals (ICCP) and was inducted to its hall of fame as an ICCP Fellow in 1998.

He joined the City College of New York Computer Sciences Department in 1981. In 1989 he received the Norbert Wiener Award for Social and Professional Responsibility from Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility.

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Personal life

BornJul 23, 1930, Judith Basin County⁶
DiedJul 30, 2011, New York City⁷
CitizenshipUnited States⁸
Children7⁹

Awards

1994ACM Fellow^{10 11}
1989Norbert Wiener Award for Social and Professional Responsibility¹⁰

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