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Donald B. Gillies is a Canadian computer scientist and mathematician. He is best known for his work in the field of numerical analysis, particularly in the areas of numerical linear algebra and numerical optimization. He is also known for his contributions to the development of the programming language FORTRAN. Gillies was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and received his Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics from the University of Toronto in 1949. He then went on to earn his Master of Science degree in mathematics from the University of Toronto in 1951. Gillies began his career as a research assistant at the University of Toronto in 1951. He then went on to become a professor of mathematics at the University of Toronto in 1956. In 1965, he moved to the University of Waterloo, where he was a professor of mathematics and computer science until his retirement in 1993. Gillies has made numerous contributions to the field of numerical analysis, including the development of the programming language FORTRAN. He has also written several books on numerical analysis, including Numerical Linear Algebra and Numerical Optimization. Gillies is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery. He has received numerous awards for his work, including the Order of Canada in 1993 and the Killam Prize in Mathematics in 2002.

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Age 47 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 15 October, 1928
Birthday 15 October
Birthplace Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Date of death (1975-07-17) Urbana, Illinois, USA
Died Place Urbana, Illinois, USA
Nationality Canada

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2006

In 2006, the Donald B. Gillies Chair Professorship was established in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Illinois. Vikram Adve was invested as the second chair professor of the endowment in 2018. The Department of Computer Science awarded a Memorial Achievement Award to Gillies in 2011.

1975

Gillies died unexpectedly at age 46 on July 17, 1975, of a rare viral myocarditis.

In 1975, the Donald B. Gillies Memorial lecture was established at the University of Illinois, with one leading researcher from computer science appearing every year. The first lecturer was Alan Perlis.

1956

Gillies moved to England for two years to work for the National Research Development Corporation. He returned to the US in 1956, married Alice E. Dunkle, and began a job as a professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

1951

He began his college education at the University of Illinois and helped with the checkout of Illiac I computer in the summer of 1951. He then transferred to Princeton to work for John von Neumann and developed the first theorems of core (game theory) in his PhD thesis.

1950

Gillies ranked among the top ten participants in the William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition held in 1950.

1946

Donald B. Gillies was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, to John Zachariah Gillies (a Canadian) and Anne Isabelle Douglas MacQueen (an American). He attended the University of Toronto Schools, a laboratory school originally affiliated with the University. Gillies attended the University of Toronto from 1946 to 1950, majoring in Mathematics.

1928

Donald Bruce Gillies (October 15, 1928 – July 17, 1975) was a Canadian computer scientist and mathematician who worked in the fields of computer design, game theory, and minicomputer programming environments.

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