Alexandra Illmer Forsythe
| Alexandra Illmer Forsythe | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 20, 1918 Newton, Massachusetts |
| Died |
January 2, 1980 (aged 61) Santa Clara County, California |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Fields | Mathematics, computer science |
| Institutions |
Stanford University University of Utah |
| Alma mater |
Swarthmore College Vassar Brown University |
| Known for | Writing the first computer science textbook |
| Spouse | George Forsythe |
| Children | 2 |
Alexandra "Sandra" Winifred Illmer Forsythe (May 20, 1918 – January 2, 1980) was an American computer scientist best known for co-authoring a series of computer science textbooks during the 1960s and 1970s, including the first ever computer science textbook, Computer Science: A First Course, in 1969.
Forsythe was born in Newton, Massachusetts 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.
Alexandra Forsythe was married to George Forsythe and helped establish the computer science program at Stanford University. They had a daughter and a son.
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