What is Laurie Hendren?
[[File:Laurie Hendren at Chandos Lake.jpg|thumb|Hendren in August 2014]] '''Laurie Jane Hendren''' (December 13, 1958 – May 27, 2019) was a [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[computer scientist]]. She was a [[graduate]] of [[Queen's University]] and [[Cornell University]]. She is noted for her research in [[programming language]]s and [[compiler]]s. [[McGill University]]. In 1990, she began working as an assistant professor at [[McGill University]] and became a full professor in 2001. She was awarded a [[Canada Research Chair]] in 2011. She was elected as a fellow of the [[Royal Society of Canada]] in 2012. Hendren was born in [[Peterborough, Ontario]]. She was married and had a daughter. She died of cancer on May 27, 2019 in [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]]. She was 60.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://montrealgazette.remembering.ca/obituary/laurie-hendren-1958-2019-1074865406|title=Laurie Jane Hendren|newspaper=Montreal Gazette|date=May 29, 2019|access-date=May 31, 2019}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hendren, Laurie}} [[Category:1958 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Academics of McGill University]] [[Category:Canadian computer scientists]] [[Category:Cornell University alumni]] [[Category:People from Peterborough, Ontario]] [[Category:Scientists from Ontario]] {{Bio-stub}}