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February 15, 2002
MSN Hero-Juan E.Gilbert, PhD: The first African American to earn a Ph.D. in computer science was Clarence "Skip" Ellis, who got his degree from the University of Illinois in 1969. This was the same year I was born--in Hamilton, Ohio. What follows is a brief look into my own pursuit of a Ph.D. in computer science. I graduated with honors from Hamilton High School in June 1987, at the top of my class. In high school, I had deve...

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