Ida Latizia Anna Maria Flynn (born Moretti; February 12, 1942 – April 12, 2004) was an American computer scientist, academic department director, textbook author, and professor. She specialized in

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s, which was the subject of a textbook she co-wrote. Flynn worked at the

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where she was a founding director of the undergraduate program, Information Sciences (BSIS).

Biography

Flynn held a bachelor's degree in mathematics from

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, a master's degree in computer science from the

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, a master's degree in business administration from the University of Pittsburgh, and a Ph.D. degree in library and information science from the University of Pittsburgh. Flynn was the founder and director of the undergraduate program in information science (BSIS) at the University of Pittsburgh; in memory of her achievements, the Department of Informatics and Networked Systems at the University of Pittsburgh makes an annual award to one of the graduates of the program. She retired in 2000 as professor at the University of Pittsburgh. She also had worked at

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. Flynn was the co-author of a textbook on operating systems, "Understanding Operating Systems", of which an early edition received the 2001 Textbook Excellence Award from the Textbook and Academic Authors Association.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Flynn, Ida M. American women academics American computer scientists Women computer scientists 1942 births 2004 deaths Adelphi University alumni Illinois Institute of Technology alumni University of Pittsburgh alumni University of Pittsburgh faculty People from Pittsburgh