First Computer Science PhD

Moore School of Electrical Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania

Moore School of Electrical Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania

Today in 1965, the University of Pennsylvania awarded Richard L. Wexelblat a Ph.D. in computer science. Many Ph.D. candidates had performed computer-related work before, but Wexelblat’s diploma was the first one to carry the designation “computer science.”

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