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10 Facts About Roy Nutt

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Roy Nutt was an American businessman and computer pioneer.

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Roy Nutt was a co-creator of Fortran and co-founded Computer Sciences Corporation.

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Roy Nutt graduated in 1953 with a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Trinity College in Hartford.

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Pioneer in the fledgling software industry of the 1950s, Roy Nutt was a major contributor in the creation of IBM's FORTRAN, the first high-level scientific and engineering programming language.

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Roy Nutt had become a widely respected computer programmer for United Aircraft Corp.

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Roy Nutt left in 1959 to team up with Fletcher Jones to establish Computer Sciences Corporation in Los Angeles.

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Roy Nutt was responsible for building Honeywell the first commercial compiler and oversaw the company's major 1961 entry into the space industry when they obtained a contract to support the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Flight Operations Facility.

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In later years, Roy Nutt used some of his wealth to benefit Trinity College.

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Roy Nutt set up an endowment fund for a professorship and donated money to assist in the construction of the college's engineering and computing building.

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Roy Nutt died of lung cancer in Seattle, Washington on June 14,1990.

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