For those who may not have seen this, here's a message about the 1999
Computer Museum History Center Fellows.  Congratuations, Alan!


        -- Tim Olson


> Dear Friends of The Computer Museum History Center:
> 
> What do Alan Kay, John McCarthy, and Konrad Zuse all
> have in common?
> 
> They have all been named Computer Museum History Center
> Fellows for 1999!
> 
> We would like to invite you to attend this year's event,
> taking place on September 30, from 6:00 p.m. onwards, at
> the Palo Alto Hills Golf & Country Club.
> 
> What is the Fellows Dinner?
> For over a decade, The Computer Museum (and now The Computer
> Museum History Center), has been publicly recognizing individuals
> of outstanding merit and accomplishment who have contributed to
> the development of computing broadly-defined. Past Fellows have
> included: Grace Murray Hopper (1987), Jay Forrester (1995), Ken
> Olsen (1996), John Backus, Ken Thompson, Dennis Ricthie, Steve
> Wozniak (1997), and, most recently, Gordon Moore, Gene Amdahl,
> and Donald Knuth (1998).
> 
> Who can be a Fellow?
> Fellows are chosen on the basis of accomplishment--formal education
> is not a factor--and are nominated by a panel comprising History
> Center staff, industry peers, and previous Fellows. In order to
> properly assess the historical importance of a possible Fellow's
> achievements, one criterion is that at least 10 years must have
> elapsed between a specific contribution and that individual's
> nomination. The contribution must thus be of a foundational nature,
> one that has strongly influenced the intellectual, disciplinary,
> or industrial underpinnings of computing. There is no preference
> given to accomplishments in software or hardware, to computer
> science over electrical engineering or any other formal disicpline,
> to commercial success, or to the nominee's age.
> 
> What is the Event?
> The event typically comprises 250 people--largely from industry and
> academia--and is of approximately three hours duration. Many of Silicon
> Valley's most prominent businesspeople, academics, and supporters
> of computer history attend this event to honor those who have changed
> the theory or practice of computing and who have thus shaped the world
> in which we live.  This year's introducers are Doug Engelbart, Ed
> Feigenbaum, and Horst Zuse.
> 
> We hope you will join us this year in Palo Alto for this historic,
> and historical, event as the History Center continues its mission
> of building an international resource for research in and display of
> the history of computing.
> 
> Full details about the event are available at:
> 
> http://computerhistory.org/events/fellows_09301999/index.page
> 
> or contact Wendy-Ann Francis (francis at computerhistory.org)
> Tel: +1 650 604 2579.
> 
> Thank you for your support of The Computer Museum History Center!
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
> D.S.