Douglas C. Englebart

Douglas Engelbart, ca. 1966 Photo from the National Museum of American History

Douglas Engelbart (1925-2013) was a pioneer of information science.

Life

An obituary is available at https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-douglas-engelbart-20130704-story.html

Relevant Employment

Stanford Research Institute, Tymshare, McDonnell Douglas Corp., Bootstrap Institute

Contributions

Engelbart invented many items that helped to revolutionize the computer industry, such as the "X-Y Position Indicator for a Display System" (the prototype of the computer mouse).  He holds a total of 20 patents, 1 for the mouse, 7 for his work related to bi-stable gaseous plasma digital devices, and 12 for his work on all-magnetic digital devices.  Engelbart also founded the Bootstrap Institute (now called the Doug Engelbart Institute), where he was an inventor and computer consultant before retiring in 2008.  For more information, visit the organization's website at https://dougengelbart.org/

Awards

1996 "Special Award" (ASIS), 1997 Lemelson-MIT Prize, 1999 John Von Neumann Medal Award (IEEE) and more

Papers

Location #1: Stanford University Library, Department of Special Collections and University Archives

• Papers Dates: 1953-1998
• Size: 383 linear feet
• Includes: Includes professional papers, correspondence, research proposals, technical reports, notes, journals, and computer disks, as well as audiovisual material on a variety of media.
• Finding Aid: https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/ft3n39n626/
• Source: Online Archive of California

Location #2: Doug Engelbart Institute Archive

• Papers Dates:
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• Includes: Photos, videos, oral histories, equipment, texts, slides, software, early websites, etc.
• Finding Aid:
• Source: https://dougengelbart.org/content/view/243/