Don Chamberlin Receives Dr. Dobb's Journal Excellence in Programming Award

PRNewswire-FirstCall
SAN MATEO, Calif.
Apr 2, 2003

Dr. Dobb's Journal magazine is pleased to announce that Don Chamberlin is the recipient of the 2003 Dr. Dobb's Excellence In Programming Award. This prestigious award was presented to Mr. Chamberlin at CMP Media's Software Development Conference last week for his groundbreaking work with SQL and (more recently) XML.

"Don Chamberlin's work on relational database technology, particularly in terms of SQL, has made a real difference in how software is developed," said Jonathan Erickson, Dr. Dobb's Journal's editor-in-chief. "No one more deserves this award than Don."

Dr. Dobb's Excellence In Programming Award is granted annually to individuals who, in the spirit of innovation and cooperation, have made significant contributions to the advancement of software development. Previous award recipients include Linus Torvalds, Larry Wall, James Gosling, Ron Rivest, Anders Hjelsberg, Adele Goldberg, Dan Ingalls and others.

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