Linus Torvalds to be Awarded Honorary Doctorate | Linux Today

Linus Torvalds to be Awarded Honorary Doctorate

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 19, 1999

Thanks to Fredrik
Henbjork
for this report.

A
press communique in Swedish
reports:

“Young Computer Genius One of This Year’s Honorary Doctors

“This year’s honorary doctors at Stockholm University have been
awarded. Among them is the merely 29 year old Finnish-Swede Linus
Torvalds, who, among other things, created the world famous Linux
operating system.”

“Torvalds resides in Santa Clara, USA…”

“The honorary doctorates are going to be formally awarded at a
ceremony in Bla Hallen in the Stockholm City Hall on Friday the
24th of September…”

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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