Alice K. Hartley
Alice K. Hartley | |
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| Born | December 13, 1937 Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States |
| Died | June 29, 2017 (aged 79) Boston, Massachusetts |
| Education | Massachusetts Institute of Technology MSc Physics, June 12, 1959 |
| Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Known for | Lisp, Interlisp, ANSI Common Lisp |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Litton Industries, MIT, BBN, Paladian Systems, Apple Computer |
| Thesis | An investigation of clusters on two-lane highways (1959) |
| Doctoral advisor | P. M. Morse |
Alice Hartley (1937–2017) was an American computer scientist and businesswoman. Hartley worked on several dialects of Lisp, implementing multiple parts of Interlisp, maintaining Macintosh Common Lisp, and developing concepts in computer science and programming language design still in use today.
Hartley was a hobby gamer, playing and advising on early computer games in the 1970s and 1990s. Hartley was also an antiques collector, importer and dealer, and was the proprietor of Elephant and Castle, an antiques store in Boston.
Hartley spent her career as a researcher at Litton Industries, MIT, BBN, an early employee and Vice President of Technology at Paladian Systems, and an engineer at Apple Computer before retiring in Boston, Massachusetts.