Alexandra Illmer Forsythe
Forsythe was born in Boston and raised in Cortland, New York. Forsythe earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Swarthmore College. She went to Vassar College for graduate school, and earned a master's degree in mathematics there in 1941. She later developed an interest in computing. In 1969, Forsythe published Computer Science: A First Course. In 1975, she published a second edition. In 1978, Forsythe and a co-author, E. I. Organick, published Programming Language Structures. Forsythe taught at Stanford and the University of Utah.
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Alexandra Illmer Forsythe
Forsythe was born in Boston and raised in Cortland, New York. Forsythe earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Swarthmore College. She went to Vassar College for graduate school, and earned a master's degree in mathematics there in 1941. She later developed an interest in computing. In 1969, Forsythe published Computer Science: A First Course. In 1975, she published a second edition. In 1978, Forsythe and a co-author, E. I. Organick, published Programming Language Structures. Forsythe taught at Stanford and the University of Utah.
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