Computer pioneer, computer programmer, computer scientist, and author of computer programming books
Spouse(s)
Evelyn Edwards (-her death) Helen Blumenthal (-his death)
Daniel D. McCracken (July 23, 1930 – July 30, 2011) was a computer scientist in the United States. He was a professor of Computer Sciences at the City College of New York, and the author of over two dozen textbooks on computer programming, with an emphasis on guides to programming in widely used languages such as Fortran and COBOL. His A Guide to Fortran Programming (Wiley, 1961) and its successors were the standard textbooks on that language for over two decades. His books have been translated into fourteen languages.
From 1976 to 1978, he was vice president of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), from 1978 to 1980 he was president of the ACM, and in 1994 he was inducted as an ACM Fellow. He served as ACM's representative to the Board of Directors of the Institute for Certification of Computing Professionals (ICCP) and was inducted to its hall of fame as an ICCP Fellow in 1998.[2]
McCracken died of cancer a week after his 81st birthday on July 30, 2011, in New York City. He was survived by his second wife, Helen Blumenthal, seven children, nine grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Evelyn Edwards, three brothers and two sisters.[1][4]
McCracken, Daniel D.; Umberto Garbassi (1970). A Guide to Cobol Programming (2 ed.). Wiley. ISBN978-0-471-58244-1.
McCracken, Daniel D. (1972). To Love or to Perish: The Technological Crisis and the Churches. J. Edward Carothers, Margaret Mead, Roger L. Shinn (eds.) (1 ed.). Friendship Press.
McCracken, Daniel D.; William S. Dorn (1972). Numerical Methods with Fortran IV Case Studies (1 ed.). Wiley.