http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/19/
obituaries/20cnd-backus.html

John W. Backus, 82, Fortran Developer, Dies
By STEVE LOHR
Published: March 19, 2007

John W. Backus, who assembled and led the I.B.M. team that created Fortran, the first widely used programming language, which helped open the door to modern computing, died on Saturday at his home in Ashland, Ore. He was 82.