John L. Hennessy
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| President of Stanford University | |
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In office 2000–2016 |
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| Preceded by | Gerhard Casper |
| Succeeded by | Marc Tessier-Lavigne |
| Provost of Stanford University | |
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In office 1999–2000 |
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| Preceded by | Condoleezza Rice |
| Succeeded by | John Etchemendy |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
September 22, 1952 Huntington, New York |
| Citizenship | American |
| Residence | Lou Henry and Herbert Hoover House, Stanford, California, United States |
| Alma mater |
Stony Brook University (M.S., 1975; Ph.D., 1977) Villanova University (B.S., 1973) |
| Known for | MIPS Technologies, Atheros |
| Awards |
IEEE Medal of Honor (2012) Computer History Museum Fellow (2007) National Academy of Engineering Member National Academy of Sciences Member American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellow ACM Fellow IEEE Fellow |
| Website | www |
John Leroy Hennessy (born September 22, 1952) is an American computer scientist, academician, and businessman. Hennessy is one of the founders of MIPS Computer Systems Inc. as well as Atheros and served as the tenth President of Stanford University. Hennessy announced that he would step down in the summer of 2016. He was succeeded as President by Marc Tessier-Lavigne.Marc Andreessen called him "the godfather of Silicon Valley."
Hennessy was raised in Huntington, New York, as one of six children. His father was an aerospace engineer and his mother was a teacher before raising her children.
He earned his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Villanova University, and his master's degree and Ph.D. in computer science from Stony Brook University. He is married to his high school sweetheart, Andrea Berti.
Hennessy became a Stanford faculty member in 1977. In 1984, he used his sabbatical year to found MIPS Computer Systems Inc. to commercialize his research in RISC processors. In 1987, he became the Willard and Inez Kerr Bell Endowed Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
Hennessy served as director of Stanford's Computer System Laboratory (1989–93), a research center run by Stanford's Electrical Engineering and Computer Science departments. He was chair of the Department of Computer Science (1994–96) and Dean of the School of Engineering (1996–99).
In 1999, Stanford President Gerhard Casper appointed Hennessy to succeed Condoleezza Rice as Provost of Stanford University. When Casper stepped down to focus on teaching in 2000, the Stanford Board of Trustees named Hennessy to succeed Casper as president. In 2008, Hennessy earned a salary of $1,091,589 ($702,771 base salary, $259,592 deferred benefits, $129,226 non-tax benefits), the 23rd highest among all American university presidents.
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