Jim Thatcher: Making A Difference 2008 Matt North Washington & Jefferson College mnorth@washjeff.edu [Note. Matthew North interviewed Jim Thatcher for the September 2008 issue of Computers & Society. We chose to reprint that interview here rather than re-interview Dr. Thatcher a short year later. Ed.] On March 28, 2008, the Association for Computer Machinery s Special Interest Group for Computers and Society (ACM SIGCAS) conferred the 2008 Making a Difference Award on Dr. Jim Thatcher. Dr. Thatcher s work in the area of assistive technologies has spanned four decades, and has enabled many blind and visually impaired individuals throughout the world to expand their use of computers in their daily lives. This summer, I had the opportunity to talk with Dr. Thatcher about his extraordinary career and this acknowledgement he has received from the ACM. --- MN Q: Congratulations on having won the 2008 Making a Difference Award. Can you share with us a bit about your thoughts and reactions when you were notified of the award? A: I was delighted and very surprised. I am a really long time member of the ACM; I think I may have joined in 1959. It was my first or second
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Jim Thatcher: making a difference 2008
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