Jay Miner

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Jay Miner

AKA Jay Glenn Miner

Born: 31-May-1932
Birthplace: Prescott, AZ
Died: 20-Jun-1994
Location of death: Mountain View, CA [1]
Cause of death: Kidney failure

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Engineer

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Father of the Amiga Computer

Military service: US Coast Guard

[1] El Camino Hospital

Sister: Joyce Beers
Wife: Caroline Poplawski Miner (m. 1952)

High School: Prescott, AZ
University: San Diego State University
University: BS Electrical Engineering, UC Berkeley (1959)

Commodore Business Machines
Amiga
Zimast
Atari
Kidney Transplant 1990

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