Mary Kenneth Keller

By admin , 16 March 2026
Mary
Kenneth
Keller
Female
Description

The first woman to earn a Ph.D. in computer science in the United States, Keller was also among the first people of any gender to receive such a doctorate. Her degree was awarded on the same day as Irving C. Tang's D.Sc., making the two of them the first recipients of computer science doctorates. A Catholic religious sister and educator, Keller brought both scholarly distinction and a pioneering spirit to the emerging field of computing.

First Female Computer Science PhD
Date of Birth
1913
Date of Death
1985-01-10
Mary Kenneth Keller
she/her

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