HONOR

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Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
John Atanasoff	Inventor	4-Oct-1903	15-Jun-1995	Atanasoff-Berry Computer
Norman Augustine	Business	27-Jul-1935		CEO of Martin Marietta, 1996-97
Ralph Baer	Inventor	8-Mar-1922		Inventor of the home video game console
Paul Baran	Engineer	29-Apr-1926	26-Mar-2011	Packet-sharing in computer communications
Stephen D. Bechtel	Business	24-Sep-1900	14-Mar-1989	Ran Bechtel from 1936-60
Arnold Beckman	Inventor	10-Apr-1900	18-May-2004	Philanthropist who invented pH meter
Forrest Bird	Inventor	9-Jun-1921		Bird Universal Medical Respirator
Erich Bloch	Business	9-Jan-1925		Director of NSF, 1984-90
Herbert W. Boyer	Biologist	10-Jul-1936		Recombinant DNA, first synthetic insulin
Fred Brooks	Computer Programmer	19-Apr-1931		Father of the IBM System 360
Ron Brown	Government	1-Aug-1941	3-Apr-1996	US Commerce Secretary, 1993-96
Vint Cerf	Scientist	23-Jun-1943		Co-Designed Internet's TCP-IP protocol
Stanley N. Cohen	Biologist	17-Feb-1935		Recombinant DNA
Denton Cooley	Doctor	22-Aug-1920		Pioneering heart surgeon
Harry Coover	Chemist	6-Mar-1919	19-Mar-2011	Invented Super Glue
Dave Cutler	Computer Programmer	13-Mar-1942		Father of Windows NT
W. Edwards Deming	Mathematician	14-Oct-1900	20-Dec-1993	Quality Control guru
Ray Milton Dolby	Inventor	18-Jan-1933		Inventor of Dolby stereo
James J. Duderstadt	Educator	5-Dec-1942		President, University of Michigan, 1988-96
Roger Easton	Inventor	30-Apr-1921		Global Positioning System
Doug Engelbart	Computer Programmer	30-Jan-1925		Pioneer of human-computer interaction
Robert W. Galvin	Business	9-Oct-1922	11-Oct-2011	CEO of Motorola, 1959-90
Bill Gates	Business	28-Oct-1955		Co-Founder of Microsoft
Chuck Geschke	Business	11-Sep-1939		Co-Founder of Adobe
Wilson Greatbatch	Inventor	6-Sep-1919	27-Sep-2011	Implantable pacemaker
Nick Holonyak	Physicist	3-Nov-1928		Light-emitting diodes
Grace Murray Hopper	Computer Programmer	9-Dec-1906	1-Jan-1992	Computer programming pioneer
Irwin M. Jacobs	Business	18-Oct-1933		Co-Founder of Qualcomm
Steve Jobs	Business	24-Feb-1955	5-Oct-2011	Co-Founder of Apple Computer
William H. Joyce	Business	c. 1935		CEO of Union Carbide, 1995-2001
Joseph M. Juran	Scientist	24-Dec-1904	28-Feb-2008	The Pareto Principle
Robert E. Kahn	Scientist	23-Dec-1938		Co-Inventor, Internet's TCP-IP protocol
Dean Kamen	Inventor	5-Apr-1951		Segway pedestrian vehicle
Jack S. Kilby	Inventor	8-Nov-1923	20-Jun-2005	Electrical engineering pioneer
Ray Kurzweil	Inventor	12-Feb-1948		Age of Spiritual Machines
Stephanie Kwolek	Chemist	31-Jul-1923		Invented Kevlar
Edwin H. Land	Inventor	7-May-1909	1-Mar-1991	Polaroid Land Camera
Edward R. McCracken	Business	c. 1944		CEO of Silicon Graphics, 1984-98
Carver A. Mead	Engineer	1-May-1934		Microelectronics
Bob Metcalfe	Business	1946		Co-Inventor of Ethernet
Gordon Moore	Business	3-Jan-1929		Co-founder of Intel, laid down Moore's Law
James C. Morgan	Business	27-Aug-1938		CEO of Applied Materials, 1977-2003
Arun Netravali	Business	26-May-1946		Chief Scientist at Lucent, 2002-03
Robert Noyce	Inventor	12-Dec-1927	3-Jun-1990	Co-Inventor, integrated circuit
David Packard	Business	7-Sep-1912	26-Mar-1996	Co-Founder of Hewlett Packard
Dennis Ritchie	Computer Programmer	9-Sep-1941	12-Oct-2011	Co-Creator of UNIX
John P. Stapp	Scientist	11-Jul-1910	13-Nov-1999	Rocket sled pioneer
Chauncey Starr	Physicist	14-Apr-1912	17-Apr-2007	Electric Power Research Institute
Ken Thompson	Computer Programmer	4-Feb-1943		Co-creator of UNIX
John Warnock	Computer Programmer	6-Oct-1940		Co-Founder of Adobe
Jerry M. Woodall	Inventor	c. 1938		Inventor of the red LED
Steve Wozniak	Computer Programmer	11-Aug-1950		Co-Founder of Apple Computer

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