Updated Feb 14, 2026
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Nationality
Languages
English
Education
Stony Brook University, Villanova University
Zodiac Sign
♍ Virgo
Chinese Zodiac
龙 Dragon
Name Origin
English < Hebrew (יוֹחָנָן)
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DROPTHE_ GOSSIP
John L. Hennessy: American computer scientist (born 1952).
Born in Huntington (age 73).
14 awards including ACM Fellow.
Studied at Stony Brook University.
AWARDS (14)
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ACM Fellow
WON
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Charles Stark Draper Prize
WON
B
Computer History Museum fellow
WON
B
Eckert–Mauchly Award
WON
Biography
John Leroy Hennessy is an American computer scientist and chairman of Alphabet Inc. Hennessy is one of the founders of MIPS Technologies and Atheros, serving as 10th president of Stanford University from 2000 to 2016. He was succeeded as president by Marc Tessier-Lavigne. Marc Andreessen called him "the godfather of Silicon Valley."
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John L. Hennessy was born in Huntington.
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