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==Awards and organizations== For his contributions to [[computer science education]], Sussman received the [[Association for Computing Machinery]] (ACM) Karl Karlstrom Outstanding Educator Award in 1990, and the [[Amar G. Bose]] award for teaching in 1992.<ref name="CSBIO">{{Cite web |title=Gerald Sussman {{!}} MIT CSAIL |url=https://www.csail.mit.edu/person/gerald-sussman |access-date=June 1, 2022 |website=www.csail.mit.edu}}</ref> {{asof|2025}}, Sussman is the only founding director who is still active on the board of directors of the [[Free Software Foundation]] (FSF).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Staff and Board — Free Software Foundation — Working together for free software |url=https://www.fsf.org/about/staff-and-board |access-date=February 10, 2025 |website=www.fsf.org}}</ref> Sussman is a fellow of the following institutions: * The [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]] * The [[American Association for the Advancement of Science]] (AAAS) * The [[Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence]] (AAAI) * The [[Association for Computing Machinery]] (ACM) * The [[Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers]] (IEEE) * The [[New York Academy of Sciences]] (NYAS) Sussman is member of the following institutions: * The [[National Academy of Engineering]] (NAE) * The [[American Watchmakers-Clockmakers Institute]] (AWI), * The [https://web.archive.org/web/20130202151345/http://www.plads.com/mwa/ Massachusetts Watchmakers-Clockmakers Association] (MWCA) * The [http://www.atmob.org/ Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston] (ATMOB) * The [[American Radio Relay League]] (ARRL).<ref name="CSBIO"/> In 2023 he received the IEEE Computer Society’s Taylor L. Booth Education Award for his “inspirational approach to the teaching of computer science through functional programming".<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.computer.org/publications/tech-news/insider-membership-news/gerald-jay-sussman-interview/ | title=Innovations in Education: A Conversation with Gerald Jay Sussman, Taylor L. Booth Education Award Recipient | work=[[IEEE Computer Society]] | date=March 5, 2024| accessdate=March 23, 2024}}</ref>
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