▁Lock he ed ▁Sk unk ▁Works ▁fame , ▁Lock he ed ▁president ▁Will is ▁Haw kins , ▁and ▁several ▁astr onaut s ▁including ▁the ▁all - U - M ▁cre ws ▁of ▁both ▁Gem ini ▁ 4 ▁and ▁Apol lo ▁ 1 5 . ▁ ▁N umer ous ▁U - M ▁gradu ates ▁contributed ▁greatly ▁to ▁the ▁field ▁of ▁computer ▁science , ▁including ▁Claude ▁Sh annon ▁( who ▁made ▁major ▁contributions ▁to ▁the ▁mathematics ▁of ▁information ▁theory ), ▁and ▁T uring ▁Award ▁w inners ▁Ed gar ▁C odd , ▁Stephen ▁Cook , ▁Frances ▁E . ▁Allen ▁and ▁Michael ▁Stone bra ker . ▁ ▁U - M ▁also ▁counts ▁among ▁its ▁al umn i ▁nearly ▁two ▁dozen ▁billion aires , ▁including ▁prominent ▁te ch - company ▁found ers ▁and ▁co - found ers ▁such ▁as ▁Dr . ▁J . ▁Robert ▁Be yst er , ▁who ▁founded ▁Science ▁App lications ▁International ▁Corporation ▁( SA IC ) ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 9 ▁and ▁ ▁Google ▁co - found er ▁Larry ▁Page . ▁ ▁Several ▁prominent ▁and / or ▁ground bre aking ▁women ▁have ▁studied ▁at ▁Michigan — by ▁ 1 9 0 0 , ▁nearly ▁ 1 5 0 ▁women ▁had ▁received ▁advanced ▁degrees ▁from ▁U - M . ▁ ▁Mar jor ie ▁Lee ▁Brow ne ▁received ▁her ▁M . S . ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 9 ▁and ▁her ▁doctor al ▁degree ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 0 , ▁becoming ▁the ▁third ▁African ▁American ▁woman ▁to ▁ear n ▁a ▁Ph D ▁in ▁mathematics .