John Hopcroft
#243,849 Most Popular
About
Theoretical computer scientist who specialized in the theory of computation and data structures. He once received the Turing Award which is considered one of the highest awards in his field.
Before Fame
He studied exclusively at the top institutions of Stanford, Princeton, and Cornell.
Trivia
In 1994 he became a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery.
Family Life
John's grandfather's name was Jacob Nist.
Associated With
George Bush nominated him to be on the National Science Board.
