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==Awards and honors== In 1971, Knuth received the first [[Association for Computing Machinery|ACM]] [[Grace Murray Hopper Award]].<ref name="Turing Award" /> He has received various other awards, including the [[Turing Award]], the [[National Medal of Science]], the [[John von Neumann Medal]], and the [[Kyoto Prize]].<ref name="Turing Award" /> Knuth was elected a Distinguished Fellow of the British Computer Society (DFBCS) in 1980 in recognition of his contributions to the field of computer science.<ref name=BCS>{{cite web| title=Roll of Distinguished Fellows|author=Anon|year=2016| url=http://www.bcs.org/content/conWebDoc/1650| publisher=British Computer Society| access-date=2014-09-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304025814/http://www.bcs.org/content/conWebDoc/1650|archive-date=2016-03-04}}</ref> In 1990, he was awarded the one-of-a-kind academic title ''Professor of The Art of Computer Programming''; the title has since been revised to ''Professor [[Emeritus]] of The Art of Computer Programming''. Knuth was elected to the [[National Academy of Sciences]] in 1975. He was also elected a member of the [[National Academy of Engineering]] in 1981 for organizing vast subject areas of computer science so that they are accessible to all segments of the computing community. In 1992, he became an associate of the [[French Academy of Sciences]]. Also that year, he retired from regular research and teaching at [[Stanford University]] in order to finish ''[[The Art of Computer Programming]]''. He was elected a [[List of Fellows of the Royal Society elected in 2003|Foreign Member of the Royal Society in 2003]].<ref name=formemrs/> Knuth was elected as a Fellow (first class of Fellows) of the [[Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics]] in 2009 for his outstanding contributions to mathematics.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.siam.org/Prizes-Recognition/Fellows-Program/All-SIAM-Fellows/Class-of-2009 |title=Fellows |year=2009 |publisher=Siam |access-date=March 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190421024152/https://www.siam.org/Prizes-Recognition/Fellows-Program/All-SIAM-Fellows/Class-of-2009 |archive-date=April 21, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> He is a member of the [[Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnva.no/c26849/artikkel/vis.html?tid=40116 |title=Gruppe 1: Matematiske fag |publisher=[[Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters]] |language=no |access-date=October 7, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110152102/http://www.dnva.no/c26849/artikkel/vis.html?tid=40116 |archive-date=November 10, 2013 |df=mdy }}</ref> In 2012, he became a fellow of the [[American Mathematical Society]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ams.org/cgi-bin/fellows/fellows.cgi |title=Fellows of the American Mathematical Society |access-date=December 14, 2022}}</ref> and a member of the [[American Philosophical Society]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=APS Member History|url=https://search.amphilsoc.org/memhist/search?creator=Donald+E.+Knuth&title=&subject=&subdiv=&mem=&year=&year-max=&dead=&keyword=&smode=advanced|access-date=2021-03-19|website=search.amphilsoc.org}}</ref> Other awards and honors include: {{div col|colwidth=35em}} * First [[Association for Computing Machinery|ACM]] [[Grace Murray Hopper Award]], 1971<ref name="Turing Award" /> * [[Turing Award]], 1974<ref name="Turing Award" /> * [[Lester R. Ford Award]], 1975<ref>{{cite journal |author=Knuth, D. E. |title=Computer science and its relation to mathematics |journal=Amer. Math. Monthly |volume=81 |issue=4 |year=1974 |pages=323β343 |url=https://www.maa.org/programs/maa-awards/writing-awards/computer-science-and-its-relation-to-mathematics |doi=10.2307/2318994 |jstor=2318994 |access-date=March 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190220124259/https://www.maa.org/programs/maa-awards/writing-awards/computer-science-and-its-relation-to-mathematics |archive-date=February 20, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> and 1993<ref>{{cite journal |author=Knuth, D. E. |title=Two notes on notation |journal=Amer. Math. Monthly |volume=99 |issue=5 |year=1992 |pages=403β422 |url=https://www.maa.org/programs/maa-awards/writing-awards/two-notes-on-notation |doi=10.2307/2325085 |arxiv=math/9205211 |jstor=2325085 |bibcode=1992math......5211K |s2cid=119584305 |access-date=March 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190220182804/https://www.maa.org/programs/maa-awards/writing-awards/two-notes-on-notation |archive-date=February 20, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[Josiah Willard Gibbs Lectureship|Josiah Willard Gibbs Lecturer]], 1978<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ams.org/meetings/lectures/meet-gibbs-lect |title=Josiah Willard Gibbs Lectures |website=American Mathematical Society |access-date=October 15, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161007131854/http://www.ams.org/meetings/lectures/meet-gibbs-lect |archive-date=October 7, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |author=Knuth, Donald E. |title=Mathematical typography |year=1979 |journal=Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. (N.S.) |volume=1 |issue=2 |pages=337β372 |mr=520078 |doi=10.1090/s0273-0979-1979-14598-1 |url=https://www.ams.org/journals/bull/1979-01-02/S0273-0979-1979-14598-1/S0273-0979-1979-14598-1.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928160236/http://www.ams.org/journals/bull/1979-01-02/S0273-0979-1979-14598-1/S0273-0979-1979-14598-1.pdf |archive-date=2015-09-28 |url-status=live |access-date=June 1, 2022 |doi-access=free }}</ref> * [[National Medal of Science]], 1979<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nsf.gov/od/nms/recip_details.jsp?recip_id=198|title=The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details - NSF - National Science Foundation|website=www.nsf.gov|access-date=March 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181123140123/https://www.nsf.gov/od/nms/recip_details.jsp?recip_id=198|archive-date=November 23, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> * Golden Plate Award of the [[Academy of Achievement|American Academy of Achievement]], 1985<ref>{{cite web|title= Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement |website=www.achievement.org|publisher=[[American Academy of Achievement]]|url=https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/#science-exploration}}</ref> * [[Franklin Medal]], 1988<ref name="Turing Award" /> * [[John von Neumann Medal]], 1995<ref name="Turing Award" /> * [[Harvey Prize]] from the [[Technion β Israel Institute of Technology|Technion]], 1995<ref>{{Cite web |title=Harvey |url=http://www.admin.technion.ac.il/harvey/1995-2.html |year=1995 |publisher=Technion |place=[[Israel|IL]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721134544/http://www.admin.technion.ac.il/harvey/1995-2.html |archive-date=July 21, 2011 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> * [[Kyoto Prize]], 1996<ref name="Turing Award" /> * Fellow of the [[Computer History Museum]] "for his fundamental early work in the history of computing algorithms, development of the TeX typesetting language, and for major contributions to mathematics and computer science." 1998<ref name=ComputerHistory>{{Cite web |title=Donald Knuth: 1998 Fellow |url=https://www.computerhistory.org/fellowawards/hall/donald-knuth/ |publisher=[[Computer History Museum]] |date=2015 |access-date=March 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180313093832/http://www.computerhistory.org/fellowawards/hall/donald-knuth/ |archive-date=March 13, 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * Asteroid [[21656 Knuth]], named in his honor in May 2001<ref name="MPC-object" /><ref name="MPC-Circulars-Archive" /> * Katayanagi Prize, 2010<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~katayanagi/ |title=Katayanagi |publisher=CMU |access-date=January 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190615065112/http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~katayanagi/ |archive-date=June 15, 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * [[BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award]] in the category of Information and Communication Technologies, 2010<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.fbbva.es/TLFU/tlfu/ing/microsites/premios/fronteras/galardonados/2010/informacion.jsp |author=Galardonados |language=es |place=[[Spain|ES]] |publisher=FBBVA |year=2010 |title=Fronteras |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819042332/http://www.fbbva.es/TLFU/tlfu/ing/microsites/premios/fronteras/galardonados/2010/informacion.jsp |archive-date=August 19, 2016 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> * [[Turing Lecture]], 2011 * [[Stanford University School of Engineering]] Hero Award, 2011<ref>{{Cite news |title=Stanford's Don Knuth, a pioneering hero of computer programming |work=Stanford Report |first=Andrew |last=Myers |date=June 1, 2001 |url=https://news.stanford.edu/news/2011/june/knuth-engineering-hero-060111.html |access-date=June 27, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110623080640/http://news.stanford.edu/news/2011/june/knuth-engineering-hero-060111.html |archive-date=June 23, 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[Flajolet Lecture Prize]], 2014<ref name = lecture2014>{{Cite web|url=https://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/flaj2014.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180316101119/https://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/flaj2014.pdf |archive-date=2018-03-16 |url-status=live|title=Problems That Philippe Would Have Loved|first=Donald|last=Knuth|publisher=Stanford University|access-date = 23 March 2022}}</ref> {{div col end}}
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