Prof. David A. DeWitt is the John P. Morgridge Professor in the Computer Sciences Department at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Professor DeWitt received a B.A. degree from Colgate University in 1970 and a Ph.D. degree from the University of Michigan in 1976.
Professor DeWitt is a member of the National Academy of Engineering. He was named of a Fellow of the ACM in 1995. In 1998 he received the ACM SIGMOD Innovations Award for his contributions to the database systems field. He has published over 100 technical papers.