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.

翻译：1965年6，修女玛丽·肯尼思·凯勒（BVM）获得美国首个计算机科学博士学位，本文概述了她的一生与成就。作为学者，她因早期倡导人工智能中的“通过示例学习”而独具特色。其主要学术贡献在于塑造高中及小型学院的计算机科学教育。她致力于宣扬将计算机视为符号处理器、普及计算机素养，并推动计算机服务于人类福祉。在确保女性在技术领域的地位、消除因教育资源匮乏和托幼障碍等限制女性参与的因素方面，她远见卓识，领先于时代。她是一位坚韧而充满活力的女性，以远见预见计算机将如何彻底改变人类生活。本文的浓缩版曾以《玛丽·肯尼思·凯勒的遗产：美国首位计算机科学博士》为题，发表于《IEEE计算历史年鉴》第45卷第1期第55–63页（2023年1月至3月），作者为Jennifer Head和Dianne P. O'Leary。