Dennis Austin | |
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| Born | May 28, 1947 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | September 1, 2023 (aged 76) Los Altos, California, U.S. |
| Education | University of Virginia; Arizona State University; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; University of California, Santa Barbara |
| Occupation | Software developer |
| Employer(s) | General Electric; Honeywell; Burroughs Corporation; Xerox PARC; Gavilan Computer; Forethought, Inc; Microsoft |
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| Children | Michael Austin |
Dennis Robert Austin (May 28, 1947 – September 1, 2023) was an American software developer. He played a pivotal role as the lead software developer for PowerPoint between 1985 and 1996, focusing primarily on its versions tailored for Apple Macintosh computers.
Austin's initial encounter with computers took place during a high school summer program at the Carnegie Institute of Technology. This ignited a profound interest in programming languages and compilers, which he further cultivated during his undergraduate engineering studies at the University of Virginia in the late 1960s.[1]
- ^ "Dennis Austin,the software developer of PowerPoint, dies at 76". The Washington Post. September 8, 2023. Archived from the original on 2023-09-10. Retrieved 2023-09-17.
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