COMPANY

Founded 1957 by Ken Olsen and Harlan Anderson. Acquired by Compaq in 1998.

Industry:
Computer

Ticker:
(defunct)

Corporate headquarters:
Maynard, MA

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Bruce L. Claflin	Business	c. 1951		CEO of 3Com, 2001-06
Christopher A. R. Darby	Business	c. 1959		CEO of In-Q-Tel
Rita V. Foley	Business	c. 1954		Former VP, MeadWestVaco
Ken Olsen	Business	20-Feb-1925	6-Feb-2011	Founder of Digital Equipment Corporation
Robert B. Palmer	Business	11-Sep-1940		CEO of Digital, 1992-98
Willow B. Shire	Business	c. 1948		Orchard Consulting Group
Michael C. Thurk	Business	c. 1953		COO of Avaya

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Ken Olsen	Business	20-Feb-1925	6-Feb-2011	Founder of Digital Equipment Corporation
Robert B. Palmer	Business	11-Sep-1940		CEO of Digital, 1992-98

NOTABLE EMPLOYEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Steve Bourne	Computer Programmer	?		/bin/sh
Dave Cutler	Computer Programmer	13-Mar-1942		Father of Windows NT

EMPLOYMENT

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Jay Adelson	Business	7-Sep-1970		CEO of Digg, 2004-10
Carol Bartz	Business	29-Aug-1948		CEO of Yahoo, 2009-11
Tim Bray	Computer Programmer	21-Jun-1955		Co-Inventor of XML
Dorothy Denning	Scientist	12-Aug-1945		Professor, interest in encryption
Thomas J. Iannotti	Business	c. 1957		Managing Director Americas, HP
Phil Karlton	Computer Programmer	28-Feb-1947	20-Jun-1997	Netscape Principal Curmudgeon
Scott A. McGregor	Business	c. 1957		CEO of Broadcom
Dirk Meyer	Business	1962		President and COO of AMD
Michael Spindler	Business	1942		CEO of Apple Computer, 1994-96
Dorothy A. Terrell	Business	12-Jun-1945		VP at NMS Communications, 1998-2002

EXTRANEOUS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Grace Murray Hopper	Computer Programmer	9-Dec-1906	1-Jan-1992	Computer programming pioneer
Marcus Ranum	Computer Programmer	5-Nov-1962		Tenable Network Security

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