John George Kemeny was a Hungarian born American mathematician, computer scientist and educator best known for co developing the BASIC programming language in 1964 with Thomas E. Kurtz. He served as the thirteenth president of Dartmouth College from 1970 to 1981, pioneered the use of computers in college education, and chaired the presidential commission that investigated the Three Mile Island accident in 1979.
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John George Kemeny (born Kemény János György; May 31, 1926, December 26, 1992) was a Hungarian-born American mathematician, computer scientist, and educator best known for co-developing the BASIC programming language in 1964 with Thomas E. Kurtz.
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