Roy L. Clay By smshelbyculbreth Aug 28, 1932 Born Jan 1, 1956 Learned computer coding Jan 1, 1961 Start of Career Jan 1, 1965 Joined Hewlett-Packard computers of HP Jan 1, 1970 Vice Mayor of the City of Palo Alto Jan 1, 1977 Became the CEO of Rod-L Electronics Jan 1, 2003 Made It to the Silicon Valley hall of fame