Sister Mary Kenneth Keller with Bi-Tran Six teaching computer

Date

• ca. 1969-ca. 1970

Summary

• Sister Mary Kenneth Keller was the first woman to receive a PhD in computer science in the United States. She earned her Ph.D from the UW-Madison in 1965. She went on to found the computer science department at Clarke College (now Clarke University) in Dubuque, Iowa.