{"id":111,"date":"2016-10-21T10:47:50","date_gmt":"2016-10-21T14:47:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cs.jhu.edu\/30years\/?p=111"},"modified":"2017-01-10T15:45:18","modified_gmt":"2017-01-10T20:45:18","slug":"cs-founding-chair-creates-blueprint-for-department","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cs.jhu.edu\/30years\/2016\/10\/21\/cs-founding-chair-creates-blueprint-for-department\/","title":{"rendered":"CS Founding Chair Creates Blueprint for Department"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-112 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cs.jhu.edu\/30years\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/masson2.jpg\" alt=\"masson2\" width=\"200\" height=\"252\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In recognition of its 30<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary, the Department of Computer Science has established a lecture series in honor of founding chair, Dr. Gerald M. Masson. It was his tenacity and visionary leadership which paved the way for the department\u2019s current success and prominence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThroughout his career, Gerry Masson was a creator. His vision for our department serves as its cornerstone. Gerry saw, long before many others, the key role computer science would play in people&#8217;s lives,\u201d said Yair Amir, current chair of the department. \u201cWe continue to build on that vision and his contributions, as we work to develop an even deeper appreciation and understanding of the incredibly powerful impact computer science plays in nearly every aspect of human life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To read more, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cs.jhu.edu\/30years\/cs-founding-chair-creates-blueprint-for-department\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In recognition of its 30th anniversary, the Department of Computer Science has established a lecture series in honor of founding chair, Dr. Gerald M. Masson. It was his tenacity and visionary leadership which paved the way for the department\u2019s current &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cs.jhu.edu\/30years\/2016\/10\/21\/cs-founding-chair-creates-blueprint-for-department\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cs.jhu.edu\/30years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cs.jhu.edu\/30years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cs.jhu.edu\/30years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cs.jhu.edu\/30years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cs.jhu.edu\/30years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.cs.jhu.edu\/30years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":195,"href":"https:\/\/www.cs.jhu.edu\/30years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111\/revisions\/195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cs.jhu.edu\/30years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cs.jhu.edu\/30years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cs.jhu.edu\/30years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}