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Lynn Conway has died

Ann Conway (January 2, 1938 - June 9, 2024)[3][4] was an American computer scientist, electrical engineer and transgender activist.[5] She worked at IBM in the 1960s and invented generalized dynamic instruction handling, a key advance used in out-of-order execution, used by most modern computer processors to improve performance. She initiated the Mead–Conway VLSI chip design revolution in very large scale integrated (VLSI) microchip design.

According to Dreger, as Bailey did not receive compensation for his services, he would not have needed a license in Illinois, and was "completely forthright in his letters supporting the women, both about the fact that he had only had brief conversations with them (as opposed to having provided them with extensive counseling) and about his own qualifications and expertise... [and] even attached copies of his CV." "[81] In response, Conway argued that Dreger "deflects attention away from Bailey's book and the massive trans community protest, and caricatures the entire controversy as nothing more than a vicious effort by three rather witch-like women to 'ruin the life' of a brilliant scientist. "Dreger's Defense of J. Michael Bailey: The Peer Commentary Papers Tear It Apart".^ VDay LA 2004 Commemorative Page, DeepStealth Productions, Los Angeles California, 2004.^"Beautiful Daughters", a documentary by Josh Aronson and Ariel Orr Jordan, LOGO Channel, 2006.^ a b"Trans Hero: Lynn Conway".

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