Steve Wozniak Timeline

  • Steve Wozniak was born in San Jose, California.

  • Steve Wozniak attended University of Colorado at Boulder for one year before dropping out.

  • 1969-1975. Steve Wozniak attended a local community college and then University of California.

  • Steve Wozniak designed the "Blue Box", a device for phreaking.

  • Steve Wozniak worked at several small electronics firms before obtaining a position with the Hewlett-Packard Company.

  • While working as an engineering intern at Hewlett-Packard, Wozniak designed his own microcomputer in 1976 using the new microprocessor, but the company was not interested in developing his design.

  • Steve Wozniak and Jobs created the Apple II which included a built-in keyboard and support for a colour monitor.

  • Steve Wozniak was awarded the ACM Grace Murray Hopper Award.

  • The company Steve Wozniak helped create went public in 1980, and its market value exceeded $1 billion.

  • Steve Wozniak crashed his small airplane, leaving him temporarily with amnesia, and he was forced to go on a sabbatical.

  • Steve Wozniak received the National Medal of Technology (with Steve Jobs) from US President Ronald Reagan.

  • Steve Wozniak was given credit for his work at Apple, and the school awarded him a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering in 1987.

  • Steve Wozniak was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame.

  • Steve Wozniak received the 7th Award in Technology, the Economy, and Employment for single-handedly designing the first personal computer.

  • Steve Wozniak became the chief scientist at Fusion-Io, an American company that produces high-capacity, solid-state storage devices.

  • The American Humanist Association awarded Steve Wozniak the Isaac Asimov Science Award in 2011.