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Timeline of Lee Felsenstein

By amymarkow

  • Born

    Born
    Lee Fesenstein was born on April 27, 1945 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  • Attended UC Berkeley

    Attended UC Berkeley
    First attended UC Berkeley and joined the Co-operative Work Study Program in Engineering

  • Arrested

    Arrested
    Lee Felsenstein was one of the 768 arrested the Sproul Hall Sit in at Berkeley

  • Free Speech Movement

    Free Speech Movement
    Lee Felsenstein participated in the Free Speech Movement as a teenager

  • Drop out

    Drop out
    Lee Felsenstein drops out of Berkeley

  • Underground Newspaper

    Underground Newspaper
    Lee Felsenstein joined the underground Berkeley Barb as the newspaper's "military editor." He also jumped around between different electronic jobs and works in the Free Speech Movement

  • Graduated

    Graduated
    After re-enrolling at Berkeley in 1971, Felsenstein graduated receiving a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

  • Community Memory Project

    Community Memory Project
    Felsenstein developed the Community Memory Project alongside Efram Lipkin, Mark Szpakowski, and others. The project was the first public computerized bulletin board system. It let users enter and retrieve messages.

  • Homebrew Computer Club

    Homebrew Computer Club
    Lee Felsenstein was one of the original members of the Homebrew Computer Club. Many high-profile hackers came together in an open exchange of ideas during weekly meetings and eventually helped launch the personal computer revolution.

  • Osborne Computer Corporation

    Osborne Computer Corporation
    In 1980, Adam Osborne founded the Osborne Computer Corporation with Felsenstein. Felsenstein designed the company's first product which was a portable computer

  • Pioneer

    Pioneer
    Felsenstein was named a "Pioneer of the Electronic Frontier" by the Electronic Frontier Foundation

  • Free Speech Movement Archives

    Free Speech Movement Archives
    Lee Felsenstein founded the Free Speech Movement Archives as an online repository of historical information relating to the Free Speech Movement events.

  • Open-source telecommunications

    Open-source telecommunications
    While working with the Jhai Foundation of San Francisco, Felsenstein designed an open-source telecommunications and computer system for installation in remote villages in the developing world.

  • Editor's Choice Award

    Editor's Choice Award
    In 2007, Lee Felsenstein was given the Editor's Choice Award for Creative Excellence by EE Times Magazine

  • Fellow

    Fellow
    Lee Felsenstein was made a fellow of the Computer History Museum