President John Hennessy produces speeches, memos, articles,
and other types of writing as university president. But the
president is also a professor, a highly regarded computer
scientist. He has been the author or co-author of over one
hundred scientific papers, as well as the co-author of two
textbooks: Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware/Software
Interface and Computer Architecture: A Quantitative
Approach. Professor Hennessy initiated a project at Stanford
to develop a simpler computer architecture known as RISC (Reduced
Instruction Set Computer), and he has played a key role in
taking this technology to industry, serving on several boards
of directors. So, he is an experienced writer in the realms
of science, business, administration, and educational policy,
and we will gain unique insights on how he approaches such
diverse writing tasks.
Tuesday, April 13, 2004, noon
Stanford Writing Center, Basement of Margaret Jacks Hall (Bldg. 460)
Check
back soon to see the transcript of John Hennessy's How I Write
Conversation.
