Daniel McCracken

Name: Daniel D. McCracken

Born: July 23, 1930, in Hughesville, Judith Basin County, Montana, USA

Death: July 30, 2011 (Age: 81)

Computer-related contributions

• American Computer scientist, pioneer, and programmer.
• Professor of Computer Sciences at the City College of New York, and the author of over two dozen textbooks on computer programming including his A Guide to Fortran Programming.
• His books have been translated into fourteen languages.

Significant publications

• A Guide to Fortran IV Programming (1966).
• A Guide to Cobol Programming (2 ed.) (1970).
• A Simplified Guide to Fortran Programming (1974).
• A Guide to PL/M for Microcomputer Applications (1978).
• A Second Course in Computer Science with Pascal (1986).
• Learning GEL By Example (1992).

Honors and awards

• Inducted as a Fellow of ACM (1994).
• Received the Norbert Weiner Award for Social and Professional Responsibility from Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (1989).
• Honorary member of the Golden Key International Honour Society.