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Margaret Hamilton, who led an MIT software team for NASA's Apollo program and helped establish software engineering as a discipline, died on September 30 at 90 (Janine Liberty/MIT News)

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Janine Liberty / MIT News:
Margaret Hamilton, who led an MIT software team for NASA's Apollo program and helped establish software engineering as a discipline, died on September 30 at 90  —  Over two decades at MIT, Hamilton forged new paths in computer science and engineering.  Her groundbreaking work included leading …

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