Paul Hudak

Paul Raymond Hudak (July 15, 1952 – April 29, 2015) was an American musician and professor of computer science at Yale University who was best known for his involvement in the design of the programming language Haskell, and for several textbooks on Haskell and computer music. He was a chair of the department, and was also master of Saybrook College. He died on April 29, 2015, of leukemia.^[2][9]

Born

Paul Raymond Hudak

(1952-07-15)July 15, 1952^[1]

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

DiedApril 29, 2015(2015-04-29) (aged 62)

New Haven, Connecticut

Resting place

Grove Street Cemetery^[2]

Education

• Vanderbilt University (B.S., 1973)
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.S., 1974)
• University of Utah (Ph.D., 1982)

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Paul Hudak
Paul Hudak in 2013
Born	Paul Raymond Hudak (1952-07-15)July 15, 1952[1] Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Died	April 29, 2015(2015-04-29) (aged 62) New Haven, Connecticut
Resting place	Grove Street Cemetery[2]
Education	Vanderbilt University (B.S., 1973) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.S., 1974) University of Utah (Ph.D., 1982)
Occupation	Computer scientist
Known for	co-designing the programming language Haskell[3]
Spouse	Cathy Van Dyke
Children	Jen Hudak Cristina Hudak-Rosander
Awards	University of Utah Research Fellow (1981-82)[1] IBM Faculty Development Award (1984)[1] Presidential Young Investigator Award (1985)[4] ACM Fellow (2003)[5] ACM SIGPLAN Most Influential ICFP Paper Award (2007)[6] ACM SIGOPS Hall of Fame Award (2012)[7]
Scientific career
Fields	Computer science
Institutions	Watkins-Johnson Company Yale University
Thesis	Object and Task Reclamation in Distributed Applicative Processing Systems (1982)
Doctoral advisor	Robert M. Keller[8]
Doctoral students	Kai Li[8] Sheng Liang[8]
Other notable students	Martin Odersky[1]
Website	web.archive.org/web/20140722064822/http://haskell.cs.yale.edu/people/paul-hudak/

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