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Doug Engelbart

Doug EngelbartAKA Douglas Carl Engelbart

Born: 30-Jan-1925
Birthplace: Portland, OR

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Scientist, Inventor

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Inventor of computer mouse

Military service: US Navy (1944-46, Philippines, radar technician)

Wife: Ballard (m. May-1951, d. 18-Jun-1997, ovarian cancer, 4 children)
Daughter: Christina

    High School: (1942)
    University: BS Electrical Engineering, Oregon State University (1948)
    University: BS Engineering, University of California at Berkeley (1952)
    University: PhD Electrical Engineering, University of California at Berkeley (1955)
    Professor: University of California at Berkeley (1955-56)
    Administrator: Stanford University

    McDonnell-Douglas Senior Scientist (1984-89)
    American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellow (1994)
    Foresight Nanotech Institute Board of Advisors
    GivingSpace
    IEEE 1947
    John Kerry for President
    MoveOn.org
    SRI International
    Phi Beta Kappa Society
    Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity
    Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society UC Berkeley
    Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society
    National Inventors Hall of Fame
    Lemelson-MIT Prize 1997
    EFF Pioneer Award 1992
    National Medal of Technology 1-Dec-2000
    Turing Award 1997
    Norwegian Ancestry


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