This Black History Month we want to feature some amazing people who have helped grow the tech industry since its inception.
Our first feature is Dr. Clarence Ellis, the first African American to get a PHD in computer science in 1969.
He landed a job as a night watchman at a local insurance company that had recently purchased an expensive computer. During his free time, Ellis read the computer’s manuals and became a self-taught expert.
Over the course of his career, he worked at Bell Telephone Laboratories, IBM, Xerox, Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation, Los Alamos Scientific Labs, and Argonne National Lab.
Ellis joined the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1992. He was an early leader in that university’s research on human-centered computing. Ellis regularly taught the introductory computer science course. He wanted to encourage students of all backgrounds to consider a career in computer science.
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