# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mary-kenneth-keller
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:36:13.308Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mary-kenneth-keller"
name: "Mary Kenneth Keller"
slug: "mary-kenneth-keller"
description: "Mary Kenneth Keller, B.V.M. was an American Catholic religious sister, educator and pioneer in computer science. She was one of the first people, and the first woman to earn a Ph.D. in computer science in the United States. Keller and Irving C. Tang were the first two recipients of computer science doctorates."
tagline: "First American woman to receive a PhD in computer science (1913-1985); simultaneously with Irving Tang first American to receive PhD in computer science, nun"
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gender: "female"
country:
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category:
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birthDate: "1913-12-17"
deathDate: "1985-01-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             15
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump