# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-george-kemeny
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:32:28.375Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-george-kemeny"
name: "John George Kemeny"
slug: "john-george-kemeny"
description: "John George Kemeny was a Hungarian-born American mathematician, computer scientist, and educator best known for co-developing the BASIC programming language in 1964 with Thomas E. Kurtz. Kemeny served as the 13th President of Dartmouth College from 1970 to 1981 and pioneered the use of computers in college education. Kemeny chaired the presidential commission that investigated the Three Mile Island accident in 1979. According to György Marx he was one of \"The Martians\"."
tagline: "Jewish-Hungarian American mathematician, computer scientist, educator, and President of Dartmouth College"
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gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1926-05-31"
deathDate: "1992-12-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             0
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  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump