Kelly will receive a Doctor of Arts degree.

Mary-Claire King

Mary-Claire King, American Cancer Society research professor at the University of Washington, Seattle, was the first researcher to prove that breast cancer is genetically inherited in certain families.

She maintains a strong research interest in human genetic diversity as well.

A recipient of the Clowes Award for Basic Research from the American Association for Cancer Research and the Brinker Award from the Komen Foundation, King has served on such committees as the National Commission on Breast Cancer of the President’s Cancer Panel and the National Academy of Sciences Committee on the Use of DNA in Forensics. She has worked as a consultant to the Commission on Disappearance of Persons of the Republic of Argentina.

King received her B.A. in mathematics from Carlton College and her doctorate in genetics from the University of California, Berkeley, where she taught from 1976 to 1995 before taking her present position at the University of Washington.

King will be awarded a Doctor of Science degree today.

Donald E. Knuth

Donald E. Knuth, professor emeritus of computer programming at Stanford University, is known throughout the world as one of the leading innovators in the field of computer science. He is the author of 19 books on subjects ranging from computer science to Biblical interpretation. Most recently, he has been working on The Art of Computer Programming, a seminal work of which three volumes have been published to date.

Knuth has garnered international recognition for his contributions to the development of digital typography, culminating in his creation of the programs TeX and Metafont, used to develop new fonts.

Knuth was born in 1938 in Milwaukee, Wis. He earned a B.S. and M.S. from the Case Institute of Technology in 1960 and a doctorate from the California Institute of Technology in 1963. He joined the Stanford faculty in 1968.

Since his retirement, Knuth has continued to write and to update his software. He gives occasional lectures and performances on the pipe organ.

He will receive an honorary Doctor of Science degree.

Linda Nochlin

Linda Nochlin, who is currently the Wallace Professor of Modern Art at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, is celebrated for opening the door to feminist perspectives in art history.