William Whitaker (1936-2010)

About William Whitaker

William A. Whitaker (1936–2010) was a colonel in the United States Air Force.^[4] While at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), he chaired the High Order Language Working Group that recommended development of the computer language Ada, in which WORDS is written. An accomplished Latinist, he created the translation software called WORDS after his retirement from the forces.