Charles P. Thacker
Charles P. Thacker | |
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Thacker in 2008 | |
| Born | Charles Patrick Thacker February 26, 1943 Pasadena, California, U.S. |
| Died | June 12, 2017 (aged 74) Palo Alto, California, U.S. |
| Education | University of California, Berkeley (BS) |
| Known for | Xerox Alto |
| Awards | IEEE John von Neumann Medal (2007) Turing Award (2009) Computer History Museum Fellow (2007) Eckert–Mauchly Award (2017) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Computer Science |
| Institutions | Xerox, DEC, Microsoft Research |
Charles Patrick "Chuck" Thacker (February 26, 1943 – June 12, 2017) was an American pioneer computer designer. He designed the Xerox Alto, which is the first computer that used a mouse-driven graphical user interface (GUI).