Frances Allen

Frances Allen
Frances Allen
Born	Frances Elizabeth Allen; August 4, 1932; Peru, New York, U.S.
Died	August 4, 2020 (aged 88); Schenectady, New York, U.S.
Nationality	American
Alma mater	University at Albany (BS); University of Michigan (MS)
Spouse	Jacob T. Schwartz (m. 1972⁠–⁠1982)
Awards	ACM Fellow (1994); IBM Fellow (1989); Ada Lovelace Award (2002); Computer Pioneer Award (2004); Turing Award (2006); Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2010);
	Scientific career
Fields	Computer science; High-performance computing; Parallel computing; Compilers; Optimizing compilers;
Institutions	IBM; New York University
Website	www.ibm.com/ibm/history/witexhibit/wit_hall_allen.html

Frances Elizabeth Allen (August 4, 1932 – August 4, 2020) was an American computer scientist and pioneer in the field of optimizing compilers. Allen was the first woman to become an IBM Fellow, and in 2006 became the first woman to win the Turing Award. Her achievements include seminal work in compilers, program optimization, and parallelization. She worked for IBM from 1957 to 2002 and subsequently was a Fellow Emerita.

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