Calling Hours: 5 to 8 pm, Thursday, June 11th, 2015
Martin Edward Hopkins, one of the original inventors of the first RISC (Reduced Instruction Set Computer), died of complications of Parkinson’s Disease on June 3rd at his home in Bronxville, New York. He was 81 years old. He served as corporal in the US Army during the Korean War and graduated cum laude from Amherst College with a degree in Philosophy. An IBM Fellow, Hopkins first learned about programming computers when they filled an entire room.He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Camille Hopkins (nee Rizzo); his children Ellen Hopkins, Andrew Hopkins, Katherine Hopkins and Sarah Hopkins; his sons-in law Tom Phillips and Anirudh Bansal; his brother John Hopkins and sister-in-law Linda Hopkins; his brothers-in-law Francis Rizzo and Gene Rizzo; and grandchildren Luke Phillips, Amelia Phillips, Nicola Phillips, Nolan Bansal, Jonah Bansal, Ryder Delgado, Max Bansal and Elsa Hopkins. He is pre-deceased by his grandson William Hopkins. Calling Hours at the Fred H. McGrath and Son, Funeral Home in Bronxville, on Thursday, June 11th, from 5 to 8 p.m. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to the Jansen Hospice, jansenhospice.org. or Parkinson’s Disease Foundation, www.pdf.org.
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