Feigenbaum completed his undergraduate degree, and a PhD, at Carnegie-Mellon University.
He received the ACM Turing Award, the most prestigious award in computer science, jointly with Raj Reddy in 1993 "For pioneering the design and construction of large scale artificial intelligence systems, demonstrating the practical importance and potential commercial impact of artificial intelligence technology".
He is currently a Professor of Computer Science and the Co-Scientific Director of the Knowledge Systems Laboratory at Stanford University.