What is Alan Kay?
[[File:Alan Kay and the prototype of the Dynabook (3009206205).jpg|thumb|200px|Kay and the prototype of the Dynabook]] '''Alan Curtis Kay''' (born May 17, 1940) is an American computer scientist. He has been elected a Fellow of the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]], the [[National Academy of Engineering]], and the [[Royal Society of Arts]]. He is best known for his pioneering work on [[object-oriented programming]] and [[windowing graphical user interface]] (GUI) design. He received the Turing award in 2003. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kay, Alan}} [[Category:1940 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:American computer scientists]] {{bio-stub}}