  In June 1965, Sister Mary Kenneth Keller, BVM, received the first US PhD in
Computer Science, and this paper outlines her life and accomplishments. As a
scholar, she has the distinction of being an early advocate of
learning-by-example in artificial intelligence. Her main scholarly contribution
was in shaping computer science education in high schools and small colleges.
She was an evangelist for viewing the computer as a symbol manipulator, for
providing computer literacy to everyone, and for the use of computers in
service to humanity. She was far ahead of her time in working to ensure a place
for women in technology and in eliminating barriers preventing their
participation, such as poor access to education and daycare. She was a strong
and spirited woman, a visionary in seeing how computers would revolutionize our
lives. A condensation of this paper appeared as, ``The Legacy of Mary Kenneth
Keller, First U.S. Ph.D. in Computer Science," Jennifer Head and Dianne P.
O'Leary, IEEE Annals of the History of Computing 45(1):55--63, January-March
2023.
