Barry Boehm, a pioneer in the fields of computer science and software engineering, died Aug. 20 2022 in Santa Monica. He was 87.
https://viterbischool.usc.edu/news/2022/09/barry-boehm-a-living-legend-in-systems-and-software-engineering-dies-at-87/
Boehm, who served as a USC distinguished professor of computer science, industrial and systems engineering and astronautics until his retirement in May 2022, defined an era in software engineering through his seminal work in software cost estimation and lifecycle modeling.
Born in 1935, Boehm earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Harvard University and his Ph.D. in mathematics from UCLA. Following several influential roles spanning industry, government agencies, and non-profits, including positions with the RAND Corporation, TRW Inc. and DARPA, Boehm joined USC’s faculty in 1992.