American computer scientist Ken Kennedy (August 12,1945 - February 7,2007) was a professor at Rice University, and the founding chairman of Rice's Computer Science Department. Kennedy directed the construction of several substantial software systems for programming parallel computers, including an automatic vectorizer for Fortran 77, an integrated scientific programming environment, compilers for Fortran 90 and High Performance Fortran, … Wikipedia
The definitive Wikipedia entry for Ken Kennedy. Wikipedia is the biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Kennedy_%28computer_scientist%29
A memorial service for Dr. Kennedy will take place at First Presbyterian Church , 5300 Main Street, Houston, on Thursday, February 15 at 3pm. In lieu of flowers, the family suggest gifts be made to Rice University, Ken Kennedy Memorial Fund. Checks may www.cs.rice.edu/~ken