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Name	Arthur Richard Newton
Born	1 July, 1951 Gardenvale, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died	2 January, 2007 (aged 55) San Francisco, California, United States of America
Cause of Death	cancer (pancreatic)
Education *	Elwood High School (Melbourne) (student, 1963-1968) University of Melbourne (student, 1969-1975) University of California, Berkley (USA) (student, 1975-1978)
Occupation or Descriptor *	academic (1979-2007) Overseas electrical engineer (1979-2007) Overseas
Awards	Phil Kaufman Award (recipient, 2003)
Legacies *	A. Richard Newton Breakthrough Research Award (Microsoft) Dean A. Richard Newton Memorial Professorship (University of California)
Key Organisations *	Association for Computing Machinery (USA) (member, ?-2007) Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (USA) (fellow, ?-2007) National Academy of Engineering (USA) (member, 2004-2007) American Academy of Arts and Sciences (member, 2006-2007)
Workplaces *	University of California, Berkley (USA) (academic, 1979-2007)

* Dates are approximate

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