Jim Gray (computer scientist)
James Nicholas Gray (1944 – declared dead in absentia 2012) was an American computer scientist who received the Turing Award in 1998 "for seminal contributions to database and transaction processing research and technical leadership in system implementation".
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Gray in 2006 | |
| Born | James Nicholas Gray January 12, 1944 San Francisco, California |
| Disappeared | January 28, 2007 (aged 63) Waters near San Francisco |
| Status | Declared dead in absentia January 28, 2012 (aged 68) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley (Ph.D.) |
| Occupation | Computer scientist |
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| Known for | Work on database and transaction processing systems |
| Spouse(s) | Loretta (divorced), Donna Carnes (widowed) |
| Children | 1 (daughter) |
| Awards | Turing Award (1998) IEEE Computer Society Charles Babbage Award (1998) |
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