[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 95 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 95


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 2, 2007

        Received and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
 Honoring the career and research accomplishments of Frances E. Allen, 
              the 2006 recipient of the A.M. Turing Award.

Whereas Frances Allen joined IBM in 1957 early in the history of the computer 
        industry and just after an IBM team developed Fortran, one of the first 
        high-level programming languages;
Whereas Frances Allen during her 45 year career at IBM rose from being a teacher 
        of Fortran to highest level of IBM technologists;
Whereas in 1989 Frances Allen was the first woman to be named an IBM Fellow and 
        in 1995 became President of the IBM Academy of Technology, a global 
        organization of IBM technical leaders charged with providing technical 
        advice to the company;
Whereas Frances Allen made fundamental contributions to the theory and practice 
        of program optimization, which translates the users' problem-solving 
        language statements;
Whereas Frances Allen's work led to remarkable advances in compiler design and 
        machine architecture that are at the foundation of modern high-
        performance computing;
Whereas Frances Allen's unique dedication to meeting the needs of her customers 
        led to IBM's innovation model;
Whereas Frances Allen is nationally renowned for her work in encouraging women 
        to study computer science;
Whereas the Association for Computing Machinery, an international organization 
        of computing professionals, gives the A.M. Turing Award annually to 
        individuals whose contributions in the field of computing are long-
        lasting and are of major technical importance; and
Whereas Frances Allen has now been honored as the first woman recipient of the 
        Turing Award, computer science's most prestigious award, which is 
        equated by some to the Nobel Prizes: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring),  
That the Congress honors the pioneering life work of Frances Allen in 
computer research and development and salutes the Turing Award 
Committee for recognizing, through the selection of Frances Allen, that 
creative women have contributed mightily to the development of this 
important field.

            Passed the House of Representatives May 1, 2007.

            Attest:

                                            LORRAINE C. MILLER,

                                                                 Clerk.