Richard Stallman ESOC 210 Timeline By mgildea Mar 16, 1953 Richard Stallman Born Period: Mar 16, 1953 to Feb 29, 2016 . Jan 2, 1971 Started working at the Artificial Intelligence Lab at MIT May 1, 1974 Earned Bachelor's Degree in Physics at Harvard Apr 18, 1983 Began creation of the GNU Project Jul 27, 1984 Left MIT Jul 29, 1984 Launched the GNU Project May 18, 1985 Released GNU Emacs Sep 23, 1985 Created the non-profit Free Software Foundation Jan 13, 1990 Won the MacArthur Fellowship Award May 18, 1994 Developed Utilities which were used to create the Linux OS Jan 19, 1996 Awarded an honorary doctorate from the Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden Awarded an honorary doctorate from the Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden Oct 24, 1998 Received the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Pioneer award Mar 18, 1999 Published "The Free Universal Encyclopedia and Learning Resource" Mar 25, 2001 Corecipient of the Takeda Foundation’s 2001 Takeda Award Aug 27, 2001 Profiled in Documentary "Revolution OS"
