Dr. Alan Kay will be receiving an honorary degree from Northwestern University at the 2019 Commencement. Prior to receiving this honor, he will deliver a talk at 3pm.

Dr. Kay is the recipient of the Turing Prize - the highest honor in the field of Computer Science. He is also an elected Fellow in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Royal Society of Arts. Dr. Kay is also the president of the Viewpoints Research Institute and an adjunct professor of computer science at the University of California, Los Angeles.