Charles P. Thacker

Charles Patrick "Chuck" Thacker (February 26, 1943 – June 12, 2017) was an American pioneer computer designer. He worked on the Xerox Alto, which is the first computer that used a mouse-driven Graphical User Interface. He was known for being the co-inventor of the ethernet.

Thacker died on June 12, 2017 from complications from esophageal cancer in Palo Alto, California at the age of 74.

References

Other websites
 Thacker biography, Microsoft
 An interview with Chuck Thacker
 IEEE John von Neumann Medal Recipients
 Chuck Thacker Attains Computing’s Peak
 Podcast interview with Chuck Thacker upon receipt of Turing Award by  , Stephen Ibaraki

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