Martin Edward Hopkins, One of Original Inventors of RISC, Dies June 3, 2015, at 81
By the Family
Jul. 8, 2015: Martin Edward Hopkins, one of the original inventors of the first RISC (reduced instruction set computer), died of complications of Parkinson's disease on June 3, 2015, at his home in Bronxville. He was 81 years old.
He served as corporal in the US Army during the Korean War and graduated cum laude from Amherst College with a degree in philosophy.
An IBM Fellow, Hopkins first learned about programming computers when computers filled an entire room.
He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Camille Hopkins (nee Rizzo); his children, Ellen Hopkins, Andrew Hopkins, Katherine Hopkins, and Sarah Hopkins; his sons-in-law, Tom Phillips and Anirudh Bansal; his brother, John Hopkins, and sister-in-law, Linda Hopkins; his brothers-in-law, Francis Rizzo and Gene Rizzo; and his grandchildren Luke Phillips, Amelia Phillips, Nicola Phillips, Nolan Bansal, Jonah Bansal, Ryder Delgado, Max Bansal, and Elsa Hopkins. He was predeceased by his grandson William Hopkins.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to Jansen Hospice or the Parkinson's Disease Foundation.
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