AKA Ralph H. Baer

Born: 8-Mar-1922
Birthplace: Pirmasens, Germany

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

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Father of the home video game console

Military service: US Army (1943-46)

Holder of U.S. Patent #3,659,285 for "Television Gaming Apparatus and Method," filed 21-Aug-1969.

Wife: Dena Whinston (m. 1952, two sons, one daughter)
Son: James Whinston Baer (b. 1955)
Son: Mark Whinston Baer (b. 1957)
Daughter: Nancy Doris Baer (b. 1960)

    University: BS Television Engineering, American Television Institute of Technology, Chicago (1949)

    German Ancestry
    Jewish Ancestry

Official Website:
http://www.ralphbaer.com/

Author of books:
Videogames: In the Beginning (2005, memoir)

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