He has received multiple award nominations for his film performances and has received a star on th Matthew Paige Matt Damon is an American actor, writer, and philanthropist whose career was launched following the success of the film Good Will Hunting, from a screenplay he co-wrote with friend Ben Affleck.e has received multiple award nominations for his film performances and has received a star on th Matthew Paige Matt Damon is an American actor, writer, and philanthropist whose career was launched following the success of the film Good Will Hunting, from a screenplay he co-wrote with friend Ben Affleck.
Grace Murray Hopper: Laziness is the Mother of Invention. Laziness is the Mother of Invention. Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper '28 is best known for the invention of the compiler, the intermediate program that translates English language instructions into the language of the target computer.
1 Lewis H. Latimer... 2  The often overlooked Lewis Howard Latimer (1848-1928) worked with two of the most recognized inventors in history. He worked aside Alexander Graham Bell to draft the necessary drawings required to receive a patent for the telephone. In 1884, Latimer was hired by Thomas Edison as a draftsman and an expert witness in patent litigation on electric lights. The National Inventors Hall of Fame inductee also co-patented an improved toilet system for railroad. (AP Photo/Steve Miller).