Gerard A. "Gerry" Salton (8 March 1927 in Nuremberg 28 August 1995), was a Professor of Computer Science at Cornell University. Salton was perhaps the leading computer scientist working in the field of information retrieval during his time, and "the father of information retrieval". His group at Cornell developed the SMART Information Retrieval System, which he initiated when he was at Harvard.
Gerry Salton was 5 years shy of living to see the year 2000
A: Yes

Alec Holowka is a Canadian indie game developer, co-founder of an independent game companies Bit Blot, and Infinite Ammo, where he works as lead programmer, musician and game designer. He collaborated with Derek Yu to create the award-winning game "Aquaria" and freeware game "I'm O.K - A Murder Simulator". He collaborated with Scott Benson to create "Night in the Woods".
Alec Holowka is worth billions
A: It's impossible to say

The United States Ambassador to Sweden (Swedish: "USA:s ambassador i Sverige" ) serves as the official diplomatic representative of the President and the Government of the United States of America to the King and the Government of the Kingdom of Sweden. Diplomatic relations between Sweden and the United States began with the signing of the Treaty of Amity and Commerce in 1783.
The United States Ambassador to Sweden is not a diplomatic representative.
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No