Computer History Museum

Shustek, Len (Leonard J.) oral history

Len Shustek reviews his educational background in computer science (master and doctor of philosophy, Stanford University) by way of physics (bachelor and master of science, Polytechnic University in Brooklyn, NY). After graduation, he joined the faculty at Carnegie-Mellon University as an assistant professor of computer science. In 1979, he co-founded Nestar Systems Inc., an early producer of networked client-server computer systems. In 1986, he co-founded Network General Corporation, a manufacturer of network analysis tools, notably The Sniffer. He now teaches occasionally as a consulting professor at Stanford University, and is a partner at VenCraft, a small "angel financing" venture capital fund.

Item Details

Date
2002-07-16 (Made)
Type
Moving Image
Catalogue number
102635811
Organization
Computer History Museum
People
Len Shustek (Interviewee)
Gardner Hendrie (Interviewer)
Category
Oral History
Format
DVCAM
Place of publication
North America/USA/CA/Mountain View
Language
English
Acquisition number
X2723.2004
Subject
Carnegie Mellon University, Networking, IBM 360, Homebrew Computer Club, Reduced Instruction Set Computer (RISC), Brooklyn Polytechnic, Stanford Computer Science Department
Archive collection
CHM Oral History Collection
Archive hierarchy
CHM Oral History Collection