San Jose laboratory / Corporate Headquarters / Santa Clara University / /
IndustryTerm
semiconductor technology / random access storage device / local contractor / thin sheet steel / control memory load device / oil tanker terminal / fundamental media / bank / desktop computer manufacturer / finance people / electronics industry / iron paint / iron oxide paint / auxiliary memory device / venture capital / technology sector / basic technology / punch card accounting machines / economical program load device / magnetic disk manufacturer / public relations editing / disk drive technology / electronics / Magnetic head technology / /
NaturalFeature
East Coast / /
Organization
Institute for Information Storage Technology / Bryant Disk Drive Division / Mayfield Fund / Santa Clara University / American Medical Association / /
Person
Herb Thompson / John Young / Steve Jobs / Norbert Weiner / Ralph Flores / Al Shugart / Ken Oshman / Al Hoagland / Bob Noyce / Potter / Bill Goddard / Rey Johnson / Dave Noble / John Haanstra / Russ Brunner / Armand Miller / Norm Dion / Don was / Century / Lester Hogan / Jack Harker / Scott McNealy / Don Johnson / Ken Folger / Ken Haughton / Ray Herrera / Gary Kildall / Ken Olsen / Al Osterlund / /
Position
financial officer / president / magnetic head / floppy disk program manager / clerk / founder / mathematician / Disk Painter / engineer / author / little head / customer engineer / representative / one of the founders / political scientist / program manager / farmer / low mass/low load head / poet / Dean of Engineering / messenger / salesman / last distinguished scientist / local contractor / luncheon speaker / field engineer in the office / columnist / mechanical engineer / an electrical engineer / and an operations manager / market planner / Marshall / controller / world-renowned mathematician / /
ProvinceOrState
California / Santa Cruz County / Massachusetts / /
PublishedMedium
the IBM Journal / /
Region
East Coast / /
Technology
RAM / random access / operating system / semiconductors / Magnetic head technology / semiconductor / semiconductor technology / disk drive / basic technology / disk drive technology / /
Introduction by Al Hoagland I have the great privilege of introducing Al Shugart as our luncheon speaker. I had the opportunity to work for him for a brief period in the early days of the disk drive. You have a copy of his biography, which is included