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{{Short description|American computer scientist (1929–2020)}}
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'''Robert M. Graham''' (1929 in [[Michigan]], US – January 2, 2020)<ref>[https://www.cics.umass.edu/news/memoriam-professor-emeritus-robert-m-graham-1929-2020 In Memoriam: Professor Emeritus Robert M. Graham (1929–2020)]</ref> was a cybersecurity researcher [[computer scientist]] and Professor Emeritus of Computer Science at the [[University of Massachusetts Amherst]]. He was born to a Scottish emigrant.

He received his undergraduate and graduate degrees from the [[University of Michigan]]. While working at the UofM's Computing Center he co-authored two [[compiler]]s, GAT<ref>[http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?doid=368370.368373 On GAT and the Construction of Translators], B. Arden and R. Graham; ''CACM'' Volume 2, Number 7, July 1959, pp. 24-26.</ref> for the [[IBM 650]] and [[MAD (programming language)|MAD]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110607151608/http://hopl.murdoch.edu.au/showlanguage.prx?exp=92&language=MAD ''MAD at Michigan: its function & features''], Arden, B. W., Galler, B. A., and Graham, R. M., pp27–28, Datamation, Volume 7 No. 12 (Dec 1961)</ref> for the [[IBM 7090|IBM 704/709/7090]].

In 1963 he moved to [[MIT]] to participate in the development of [[Multics]], one of the first [[virtual memory]] [[time-sharing]] computer [[operating systems]]. He had responsibility for [[Protection mechanism|protection]], [[dynamic linking]], and other key system [[kernel (operating system)|kernel]] areas.<ref>[http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1463891.1463914 Structure of the Multics Supervisor], V.A. Vyssotsky, F.J. Corbato, and R.M. Graham; ''Proceedings of the FJCC'', Las Vegas, November 1965</ref>

Later worked at [[University of California, Berkeley]], [[City College of New York]], and the [[University of Massachusetts Amherst]]. Officially retired in 1996, but continued to teach until the end of 2003.

In 1996 he was inducted as a [[List of Fellows of the Association for Computing Machinery|Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery]].<ref>[http://awards.acm.org/award_winners/graham_1013218.cfm 1996 ACM Fellows]</ref>

He is the author of numerous books and professional articles.<ref>[http://portal.acm.org/author_page.cfm?id=81332501469&coll=ACM&dl=ACM&trk=0 ACM author page for Robert M. Graham]</ref>

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==External links==
* [http://www.cs.umass.edu/~bob/ Robert M. Graham Home Page]

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