title: Ida M. Flynn
text: # Ida M. Flynn
  
  Ida Latizia Anna Maria Flynn (born Moretti; February 12, 1942 – April 12, 2004) was an American computer scientist, academic department director, textbook author, and professor. She specialized in operating systems, which was the subject of a textbook she co-wrote. Flynn worked at the University of Pittsburgh where she was a founding director of the undergraduate program, Information Sciences (BSIS).
  
  ## Biography
  
  Flynn held a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Adelphi University, a master's degree in computer science from the Illinois Institute of Technology, a master's degree in business administration from the University of Pittsburgh, and a Ph.D. degree in library and information science from the University of Pittsburgh.
  
  Flynn was the founder and director of the undergraduate program in information science (BSIS) at the University of Pittsburgh; in memory of her achievements, the Department of Informatics and Networked Systems at the University of Pittsburgh makes an annual award to one of the graduates of the program. She retired in 2000 as professor at the University of Pittsburgh. She also had worked at Point Park College.
  
  Flynn was the co-author of a textbook on operating systems, "Understanding Operating Systems", of which an early edition received the 2001 Textbook Excellence Award from the Textbook and Academic Authors Association.
  
  