John Mccarthy

Born in 1927
died in 2011

Major academic events He was a computer scientist and had a degree in math from Cal Tech. He was best known for his work in AI and computer reasoning. He made the term AI. He established the SAIL (Stanford Artificial Inteligence Lab) lab at Stanford University.

Contributions to computer science He was awarded the ACM Turing award in 1971, the Kyoto prize in 1988, the National Medal of Science in 1990, and the Ben Franklin medal in 2003.

Sources
Britannica
Stanford.edu
Computer.org

Joy Buolamwini

She started code4rights and the Algorithmic justice league, organizations that educate people about code and technology. She also did a lot of research on facial recognition and other softwares to expose racial and gender biases in AI and other technology

Elizabeth Jocelyn Feinler

Academic achievements timeline

1954 Feinler gets her undergraduate degree in chemistry from West Liberty State College. 1960 Feinler stops studying Biochem and moves to California to join the Stanford Research Institute. 1989 Feinler leaves SRI and joins NASA to work on the NASA science internet. 2000 Feinler is inducted to the SRI alumni Hall of Fame.

Other info

I think the most interesting thing i found was that Elizabeth Feinler still volunteers at the Computer History Museum and that shows her true devotion to the legacy of computing.

References
Internet hall of fame
Computer history
Techtarget