John L. Hennessy
American computer scientist
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| 2022 | Awarded the Charles Stark Draper Prize by the National Academy of Engineering, alongside Steve Furber, David Patterson, and Sophie Wilson, for contributions to the invention, development, and implementation of reduced instruction set computer (RISC) chips. |
| 2020 | Received the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Information and Communication Technologies. |
| 2020 | Received the Clark Kerr Award for distinguished leadership in higher education from the UC Berkeley Academic Senate. |
| February 2018 | Announced as the new Chairman of Alphabet Inc. (Google's parent company). |
| 2016 | Co-founded the Knight-Hennessy Scholars program and serves as its inaugural director. |
| June 2015 | Announced his plans to step down as Stanford president in summer 2016. |
| 2013 | Became a judge for the inaugural Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering. |
| December 2010 | Co-authored an editorial with Harvard University President Drew Gilpin Faust urging passage of the DREAM Act. |
| October 14 2010 | Received a khata from the 14th Dalai Lama at Maples Pavilion. |
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