Title
Coury, Fred oral history
Catalog Number
102781031
Type
Document
Description
Fred Coury is an Engineer, Educator, Project Manager, and Consultant. He received a Bachelors Degree in Science Engineering and a Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan. His career includes teaching computer and logic design at the University of Michigan and the University of California, managing the HP 2100 minicomputer project, designing the Multibus (IEEE-796) interface, and the Osborne Vixen, working on the original ARPANET project, and co-founding the Asilomar Microcomputer Workshop. In this interview he discusses his fascination with electronics, from taking apart radios as a kid to designing what he calls "really neat stuff" as a practicing Engineer. He is outspoken on Engineering as a truly exciting profession, as well as his controversial views on Engineering education.
Date
2019-02-11
Contributor
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Coury, Fred F., Interviewee
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Spicer, Dag, Interviewer
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Publisher
Computer History Museum
Extent
44 p.
Format
PDF
Category
Transcription
Subject
IBM; DEC; University of Michigan; HP; Asilomar MicrocomputerWorkshop (AMW)
Collection Title
CHM Oral History Collection
Credit
Computer History Museum
