McCracken, Daniel D.

McCracken was a writer, lecturer, and consultant in the computer industry. He authored many books, including an early general textbook on programming, Digital Computer Programming (1957), and one of the first books on FORTRAN, A Guide to FORTRAN Programming (1961). He was active in the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and was elected to its council in 1974. He served as vice president (1976-1978) and president (1978-1980).

From the description of Daniel D. McCracken papers, 1958-1983. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63288413