标题: Lynn Conmway [打印本页] 作者: choi 时间: 8-8-2023 15:34 标题: Lynn Conmway Full name: Lynn Ann Conway. But this is not her birth name, which I can not find. She was born as a male, and as an adult, received gender-reassignment surgery, and lives as a woman with (biologically male) husband.
Quote: "Conway entered MIT in 1955, earning high grades but ultimately leaving in despair after an attempted gender transition, from male to female in 1957–58, failed * * * After working as an electronics technician for several years, Conway resumed education at Columbia University's School of Engineering and Applied Science, earning BS and MSEE degrees in 1962 and 1963/ * * * Conway was recruited by IBM Research in Yorktown Heights, New York in 1964 * * * Although she had hoped to be allowed to transition on the job, IBM fired Conway in 1968 after she revealed her intention to transition. IBM apologized for this in 2020. * * * Conway joined Xerox PARC in 1973, where she led the "LSI Systems" group under Bert Sutherland. * * * In 1978, Conway served as visiting associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science at MIT, teaching a now famous VLSI design course * * * In the early 1980s, Conway left Xerox to join DARPA * * * Conway joined the University of Michigan in 1985 as professor of electrical engineering and computer science, and associate dean of engineering. * * * She retired from active teaching and research in 1998, as professor emerita at Michigan.