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Bechtel</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Sep-1900</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Mar-1989</tt></td> <td>Ran Bechtel from 1936-60</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/830/000047689/">Arnold Beckman</a></td> <td><center>Inventor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Apr-1900</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>18-May-2004</tt></td> <td>Philanthropist who invented pH meter</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/898/000163409/">Forrest Bird</a></td> <td><center>Inventor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Jun-1921</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Bird Universal Medical Respirator</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/098/000165600/">Erich Bloch</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Jan-1925</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Director of NSF, 1984-90</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/316/000127932/">Herbert W. Boyer</a></td> <td><center>Biologist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Jul-1936</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Recombinant DNA, first synthetic insulin</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/991/000029904/">Fred Brooks</a></td> <td><center>Computer Programmer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Apr-1931</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Father of the IBM System 360</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/137/000055969/">Ron Brown</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Aug-1941</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Apr-1996</tt></td> <td>US Commerce Secretary, 1993-96</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/745/000023676/">Vint Cerf</a></td> <td><center>Scientist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Jun-1943</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Co-Designed Internet's TCP-IP protocol</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/510/000275682/">Stanley N. Cohen</a></td> <td><center>Biologist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Feb-1935</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Recombinant DNA</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/643/000122277/">Denton Cooley</a></td> <td><center>Doctor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Aug-1920</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Pioneering heart surgeon</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/973/000168469/">Harry Coover</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Mar-1919</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Mar-2011</tt></td> <td>Invented Super Glue</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/358/000118004/">Dave Cutler</a></td> <td><center>Computer Programmer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Mar-1942</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Father of Windows NT</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/225/000135817/">W. Edwards Deming</a></td> <td><center>Mathematician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Oct-1900</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Dec-1993</tt></td> <td>Quality Control guru</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/653/000023584/">Ray Milton Dolby</a></td> <td><center>Inventor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Jan-1933</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Inventor of Dolby stereo</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/556/000171043/">James J. Duderstadt</a></td> <td><center>Educator</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Dec-1942</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>President, University of Michigan, 1988-96</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/883/000172367/">Roger Easton</a></td> <td><center>Inventor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Apr-1921</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Global Positioning System</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/131/000026053/">Doug Engelbart</a></td> <td><center>Computer Programmer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Jan-1925</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Pioneer of human-computer interaction</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/097/000165599/">Robert W. Galvin</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Oct-1922</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Oct-2011</tt></td> <td>CEO of Motorola, 1959-90</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/435/000022369/">Bill Gates</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Oct-1955</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Co-Founder of Microsoft</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/129/000026051/">Chuck Geschke</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Sep-1939</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Co-Founder of Adobe</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/893/000169386/">Wilson Greatbatch</a></td> <td><center>Inventor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Sep-1919</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Sep-2011</tt></td> <td>Implantable pacemaker</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/404/000169894/">Nick Holonyak</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Nov-1928</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Light-emitting diodes</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/660/000098366/">Grace Murray Hopper</a></td> <td><center>Computer Programmer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Dec-1906</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Jan-1992</tt></td> <td>Computer programming pioneer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/317/000168810/">Irwin M. Jacobs</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Oct-1933</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Co-Founder of Qualcomm</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/520/000023451/">Steve Jobs</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Feb-1955</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Oct-2011</tt></td> <td>Co-Founder of Apple Computer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/205/000164710/">William H. Joyce</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1935</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Union Carbide, 1995-2001</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/622/000169115/">Joseph M. Juran</a></td> <td><center>Scientist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Dec-1904</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Feb-2008</tt></td> <td>The Pareto Principle</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/945/000023876/">Robert E. Kahn</a></td> <td><center>Scientist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Dec-1938</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Co-Inventor, Internet's TCP-IP protocol</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/330/000022264/">Dean Kamen</a></td> <td><center>Inventor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Apr-1951</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Segway pedestrian vehicle</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/041/000027957/">Jack S. Kilby</a></td> <td><center>Inventor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Nov-1923</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Jun-2005</tt></td> <td>Electrical engineering pioneer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/101/000032005/">Ray Kurzweil</a></td> <td><center>Inventor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Feb-1948</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Age of Spiritual Machines</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/847/000165352/">Stephanie Kwolek</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Jul-1923</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Invented Kevlar</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/212/000119852/">Edwin H. Land</a></td> <td><center>Inventor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-May-1909</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Mar-1991</tt></td> <td>Polaroid Land Camera</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/679/000168175/">Edward R. McCracken</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1944</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Silicon Graphics, 1984-98</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/557/000171044/">Carver A. Mead</a></td> <td><center>Engineer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-May-1934</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Microelectronics</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/029/000117675/">Bob Metcalfe</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1946</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Co-Inventor of Ethernet</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/102/000026024/">Gordon Moore</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Jan-1929</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Co-founder of Intel, laid down Moore's Law</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/439/000168932/">James C. Morgan</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Aug-1938</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Applied Materials, 1977-2003</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/337/000168830/">Arun Netravali</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-May-1946</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Chief Scientist at Lucent, 2002-03</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/316/000128929/">Robert Noyce</a></td> <td><center>Inventor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Dec-1927</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Jun-1990</tt></td> <td>Co-Inventor, integrated circuit</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/739/000031646/">David Packard</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Sep-1912</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Mar-1996</tt></td> <td>Co-Founder of Hewlett Packard</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/569/000023500/">Dennis Ritchie</a></td> <td><center>Computer Programmer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Sep-1941</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Oct-2011</tt></td> <td>Co-Creator of UNIX</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/577/000202968/">John P. Stapp</a></td> <td><center>Scientist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Jul-1910</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Nov-1999</tt></td> <td>Rocket sled pioneer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/682/000132286/">Chauncey Starr</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Apr-1912</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Apr-2007</tt></td> <td>Electric Power Research Institute</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/570/000023501/">Ken Thompson</a></td> <td><center>Computer Programmer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Feb-1943</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Co-creator of UNIX</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/128/000026050/">John Warnock</a></td> <td><center>Computer Programmer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Oct-1940</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Co-Founder of Adobe</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/105/000032009/">Jerry M. 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