Charles P. Thacker

Charles Patrick "Chuck" Thacker (February 26, 1943 – June 12, 2017) was a American pioneer computer designer. He worked on the Xerox Alto, which is the first computer that used a mouse-driven Graphical User Interface. He was known for being the co-inventor of the ethernet.

Thacker died on June 12, 2017 from complications from esophageal cancer in Palo Alto, California at the age of 74.

Other websites

 * Thacker biography, Microsoft
 * An interview with Chuck Thacker
 * IEEE John von Neumann Medal Recipients
 * Chuck Thacker Attains Computing’s Peak
 * Podcast interview with Chuck Thacker upon receipt of Turing Award by, Stephen Ibaraki