Federighi holds a Master of Science degree in Computer Science and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley.

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After earning an S.B. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT he added an M.

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Hennessy, a professor of electrical engineering and computer science with 23 years at Stanford, is the first engineer to head the institution.

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D.s in electrical engineering and computer science.

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He studied electrical engineering at Villanova University and went on to earn a doctorate in computer science at Stony Brook University.

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