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Ken Olsen. Born: February 20, 1926, Stratford, Connecticut. In his youth, Ken Olsen worked summers in a machine shop and fixed radios in his basement. After serving in the Navy between 1944 and 1946, he attended MIT and then worked at MIT Lincoln Laboratory where he developed the Memory Test Computer and designed some of the hardware on the TX ...
General Doriot (l.) and Ken Olsen. General Georges Doriot and his pioneering venture capital firm, American Research and Development, invested $70,000 for 70% of DEC’s stock to launch the company in 1957. Doriot believed in Ken Olsen’s vision, once stating “Ken Olsen had a product that he could make the next day and that was important.
Feb 8, 2011 · Kenneth Olsen, the computer industry pioneer who co-founded minicomputer maker Digital Equipment Corp., died at the age of 84 on Sunday. Olsen will be remembered for the key role he played in at ...
over 140,000 (1987) Digital Equipment Corporation ( DEC / dɛk / ), using the trademark Digital, was a major American company in the computer industry from the 1960s to the 1990s. The company was co-founded by Ken Olsen and Harlan Anderson in 1957. Olsen was president until he was forced to resign in 1992, after the company had gone into ...
Engineer. Known for. Founding Digital Equipment Corporation with Harlan Anderson. Kenneth Harry Olsen (February 20, 1926 [2] — February 6, 2011 [3]) was an American engineer and entrepreneur. He started Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) in 1957 with Harlan Anderson.
Feb 8, 2011 · Win Hindle, a former Digital Equipment Corp. top executive and Olsen friend, in a 2008 DEC Connections celebration at the dedication of the Ken Olsen Science Center at Gordon College in Wenham ...
