Alan Perlis

American computer scientist (1922–1990)

Organizations and connections

Affiliations retain their dates and sources. Roles may be historical; a missing end date does not establish a current role. Machine classifications need review; a co-mention alone does not establish a relationship.

1. Alan Perlis→Carnegie Mellon University

   Educated at

   educated atThrough 1943 · start not recordedWikidata statement
   • Wikidata: Alan Perlis ↗Wikidata · P69 · Statement Q62861$C7E138A8-D362-4F4A-8C14-DC58B080949FNo external reference recorded in this Wikidata statement
   • Wikidata: Alan Perlis ↗Wikidata
2. Alan Perlis→Yale University

   Works or worked for

   employed by1971–1990Wikidata statement
   • Wikidata: Alan Perlis ↗Wikidata · P108 · Statement Q62861$C3C7F652-5F66-40E7-B1F2-EFE9E7550C1DNo external reference recorded in this Wikidata statement
   • Wikidata: Alan Perlis ↗Wikidata
3. Alan Perlis→MIT

   Educated at

   educated atThrough 1949 · start not recordedWikidata statement
   • Wikidata: Alan Perlis ↗Wikidata · P69 · Statement Q62861$ac745432-4239-06aa-1d6b-9fc15b1d7f49No external reference recorded in this Wikidata statement
   • Wikidata: Alan Perlis ↗Wikidata
4. Alan Perlis→Purdue University

   Works or worked for

   employed by1952–1956Wikidata statement
   • Wikidata: Alan Perlis ↗Wikidata · P108 · Statement Q62861$A9A07DB4-99A5-47BE-8D73-5BC8434485FB1 reference record retained in the source statement
   • Wikidata: Alan Perlis ↗Wikidata
5. Alan Perlis→United States Navy

   Works or worked for

   employed by1951–1952Wikidata statement
   • Wikidata: Alan Perlis ↗Wikidata · P108 · Statement Q62861$04ca059a-4abe-dde1-b540-7a90fa591c06No external reference recorded in this Wikidata statement
   • Wikidata: Alan Perlis ↗Wikidata
6. Alan Perlis→MIT

   Educated at

   educated atThrough 1950 · start not recordedWikidata statement
   • Wikidata: Alan Perlis ↗Wikidata · P69 · Statement Q62861$8cd71220-4dad-8c7f-daee-ba8fad5d5ba8No external reference recorded in this Wikidata statement
   • Wikidata: Alan Perlis ↗Wikidata
7. Alan Perlis→National Academy of Engineering

   Member of

   member of1976–1990Wikidata statement
   • Wikidata: Alan Perlis ↗Wikidata · P463 · Statement Q62861$80dcf389-4ceb-6800-e843-cbf5362178fe1 reference record retained in the source statement
   • Wikidata: Alan Perlis ↗Wikidata
8. Alan Perlis→American Academy of Arts and Sciences

   Member of

   member ofDates not recordedWikidata statement
   • Wikidata: Alan Perlis ↗Wikidata · P463 · Statement Q62861$C72FECA2-7E90-4DC0-A78A-9271C5447ED4No external reference recorded in this Wikidata statement
   • Wikidata: Alan Perlis ↗Wikidata
9. Alan Perlis→Carnegie Mellon University

   Works or worked for

   employed by1956–1971Wikidata statement
   • Wikidata: Alan Perlis ↗Wikidata · P108 · Statement Q62861$1EAD8E6A-7957-4010-A0F2-86C4298DAFA81 reference record retained in the source statement
   • Wikidata: Alan Perlis ↗Wikidata
10. Alan Perlis→MIT

    Works or worked for

    employed by1948–1949Wikidata statement
    • Wikidata: Alan Perlis ↗Wikidata · P108 · Statement Q62861$8e7057c8-40cf-508c-be32-7deeb7230a4fNo external reference recorded in this Wikidata statement
    • Wikidata: Alan Perlis ↗Wikidata
11. Alan Perlis→Taylor Allderdice High School

    Educated at

    educated atDates not recordedWikidata statement
    • Wikidata: Alan Perlis ↗Wikidata · P69 · Statement Q62861$BB4B8A53-57A4-4B12-BDDD-7266C1CF10731 reference record retained in the source statement
    • Wikidata: Alan Perlis ↗Wikidata
12. Leo Esaki↔Alan Perlis

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

    • What AlphaGo Zero teaches us about what’s going wrong with innovation ↗timharford.com · 2017-11-27
13. Jack Kilby↔Alan Perlis

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

    • What AlphaGo Zero teaches us about what’s going wrong with innovation ↗timharford.com · 2017-11-27
14. Adele Goldberg↔Alan Perlis

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

    • The Early History of Smalltalk (1993) ↗worrydream.com · 2022-04-17
15. Gary Starkweather↔Alan Perlis

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

    • The Early History of Smalltalk (1993) ↗worrydream.com · 2022-04-17
16. Alan Perlis↔Robert Taylor

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

    • The Early History of Smalltalk (1993) ↗worrydream.com · 2022-04-17
17. Irving Langmuir↔Alan Perlis

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

    • What AlphaGo Zero teaches us about what’s going wrong with innovation ↗timharford.com · 2017-11-27
18. Steve Jobs↔Alan Perlis

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

    • The Early History of Smalltalk (1993) ↗worrydream.com · 2022-04-17
19. Alan Perlis↔Alan Kay

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

    • Learnable Programming (2012) ↗worrydream.com · 2025-08-03
    • Learnable Programming (2012) ↗worrydream.com · 2023-10-03
    • A new version of Common-Lisp.net has been launched ↗common-lisp.net · 2018-10-11
20. Jack Goldman↔Alan Perlis

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

    • The Early History of Smalltalk (1993) ↗worrydream.com · 2022-04-17
21. Alan Perlis↔Philip Greenspun

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

    • A new version of Common-Lisp.net has been launched ↗common-lisp.net · 2018-10-11
22. Seymour Papert↔Alan Perlis

    Co-mentioned; relationship unclassified

    co mentionedDates not recordedCo-mention · relationship unclassified

    Appearing in the same article does not establish a professional or personal relationship.

    • Learnable Programming (2012) ↗worrydream.com · 2025-08-03
    • Learnable Programming (2012) ↗worrydream.com · 2023-10-03