Lee Felsenstein - David Bailyn

Born

Apr 27, 1945

Philadelphia, PA

Entered UC Berkeley

1963

BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Became engineer at Ampex

1968

Graduated from UC Berkeley

1972

He re-enlisted after dropping out and earned his degree

Designed Pennywhistle modem

1973

Became an original member of the Homebrew Computer Club

1975

This club was formed in response to the Altair 8800. He moderated meetings at this club.

Joined Osborne Computer Corporation

1981

Osborne 1 Released

1981

This was a computer chip designed by Felsenstein

Joined Interval Research Corporation

1992

Named "Pioneer of the Electronic Frontier" by EFF

1994

Founded Free Speech Movement Archives

1998

was an online record of the tech movement

Joined Hall of Fame for computers

1998

Designed an open source telecommunications and computer system

2003

This was used for villages in third world countries

Received Editors Choice Award

2007

Became fellow of the Computer History Museum

2016