mary kenneth keller mary kenneth keller bvm 1913 1985 was an american roman catholic religious sister educator and pioneer in computer science she was the first woman to earn a phd in computer science in the united states career keller was born in cleveland ohio on december 17 1913 to john adam keller and catherine josephine ne sullivan keller she completed both her bs bachelor of science in mathematics in 1943 and her ms master of science in mathematics and physics in 1953 from depaul university in chicago throughout kellers graduate studies she was affiliated with various institutions including the university of michigan purdue and dartmouth workshop in the computer science center at dartmouth college a maleonly institution at the time where she participated in the implementation of the basic programming language under john g kemeny and thomas e kurtz keller believed in the potential for computers to increase access to information and promote education keller was an advocate for the involvement of women in computing keller died on january 10 1985 at the age of 71 bibliography keller mary kenneth 1965 inductive inference on computer generated patterns madison wisconsin the university of wisconsin doctoral dissertation computer graphics and applications of matrix methods three dimensional computer graphics and projections by mary k keller consortium for mathematics and its applications us undergraduate mathematics and its applications project us lexington ma comapumap 1983 u106 u110 electrical circuits and applications of matrix methods analysis of linear circuits mary k keller consortium for mathematics and its applications us undergraduate mathematics and its applications project us 1978 u108 food service management and applications of matrix methods food service and dietary requirements by mary k keller consortium for mathematics and its applications us undergraduate mathematics and its applications project us lexington ma comapumap 1983 u105 u109 markov chains and applications of matrix methods fixed point and absorbing markov chains by mary k keller consortium for mathematics and its applications us undergraduate mathematics and its applications project us lexington ma comapumap 1983 u107 u111 timeline of women in science authority control worldcat identities isni 0000 0000 6757 9871 viaf 28648972 