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Maria Klawe

1951 - Today

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Maria Margaret Klawe ( KLAH-vay; born 1951) is a Canadian-American computer scientist and served as the fifth president of Harvey Mudd College from 2006 to 2023. Born in Toronto in 1951, she became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 2009. She was previously Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science at Princeton University. She is known for her advocacy for women in STEM fields. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maria Klawe is the 192nd most popular computer scientist (up from 207th in 2019), the 733rd most popular biography from Canada (up from 845th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Canadian Computer Scientist.

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Maria Klawe ranks 192 out of 245. Before her are Dave Cutler, Tim Paterson, Robert Tappan Morris, Geir Ivarsøy, Sugata Mitra, and Gary McKinnon. After her are Brian Acton, Ralph Merkle, Gilles Brassard, Erich Gamma, Peter Norvig, and Jon Hall.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Maria Klawe ranks 643. Before her are Kaye Hall, Karl-Hans Riehm, Eddie Dibbs, Robin Bartlett, Deb Fischer, and Dan Fogelberg. After her are Harry Groener, Mercedes Cabrera, Hossein Alizadeh, Julian Lloyd Webber, Marietta Giannakou, and Alan Merrill.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Maria Klawe ranks 733 out of 1,622. Before her are Marie Avgeropoulos (1986), Art Ross (1885), Beattie Ramsay (1895), Sheila McCarthy (1956), Rachel Cusk (1967), and Paul Shaffer (1949). After her are Philip J. Currie (1949), Carrie Derick (1862), Jonathan Crombie (1966), Haji (1946), Currie Graham (1967), and Leonard Peikoff (1933).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In Canada

Among computer scientists born in Canada, Maria Klawe ranks 7. Before her are James Gosling (1955), Brian Kernighan (1942), Alfred Aho (1941), John Draper (1943), Kenneth E. Iverson (1920), and Rob Pike (1956). After her are Gilles Brassard (1955).

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