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Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Father owned a hardware store that he enjoyed spending time in and he also had a love for model railroads -
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Life of Alan Kotok
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Started at MIT at age 16
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Joined MIT Model Railroad Club
Joined the Signals and Power Subcommittee which allowed him access to the TX-0 computer where he would develop many of his computer programming skills
Among many other accomplishments, he and his fellow club members developed a chess game -
Becomes student staff programmer on the TX-0
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Receives his Bachelors of Science in Electrical Engineering from MIT
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Takes job at Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)
After completing his undergraduate degree, Kotok was hired by Digital Equipment Corporation where he would work for 34 years. Starting off as one of the original employees, he would achieve positions such as chief engineer on projects.
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Receives Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from MIT
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Principal Architect on the PDP-10 family of computers
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Taught course at University of California, Berkeley
Logic Design course
Taught 1975-1976 academic year -
Married Judith McCoy
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Received Masters of Business Administration (MBA) from Clark University
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VAX 8600 was released
This was the highest-performance computer produced by DEC at the time and Kotok was the system architect on the project -
Founding of the World Wide Web Consortium
Kotok was instrumental in this
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Became associate chairman as W3C
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
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Died from a Heart Attack
Survived by his two daughters (wife passed away five months prior)
http://news.mit.edu/2006/obit-kotok
