In addition to Dartmouth (which made BASIC available to other schools, including offering remote access), David Ahl evangelized BASIC while working for DEC, and

In addition to Dartmouth (which made BASIC available to other schools, including offering remote access), David Ahl evangelized BASIC while working for DEC, and ended up catalyzing the microcomputer revolution (which BASIC was a big part of): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_H._Ahl https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_H._Ahl