Gary Arlen Kildall (May 19, 1942 - July 11, 1994) was an American computer scientist and microcomputer entrepreneur who created the CP/M operating system and founded Digital Research, Inc.(DRI). Kildall was one of the first people to see microprocessors as fully capable computers rather than equipment controllers and to organize a company around this concept. He also co-hosted the PBS TV show "The Computer Chronicles".

Peter Norton (born November 14 1943) is an American software publisher, author, and philanthropist.

David J. Bradley (born 1949) was one of the twelve engineers who worked on the original IBM PC, developing the computer's ROM BIOS code. He is most famous for inventing the "Control-Alt-Delete" (also known as three-finger salute) key combination that was used to reboot the computer.

DJ Delorie is a US-American software developer. He initiated and maintains the DJGPP project, a very successful, free port of the GNU C/C++ compiler and tools suite, targeted to PCs running MS-DOS or DOS terminals under Microsoft Windows. He makes a point of having his first name actually spelled "DJ", and not "D.J." or similar. "DJ" is the actual name, not the initials of first and middle name.

Neil Konzen was one of Microsoft's earliest employees. He was head of Microsoft's Macintosh programs projects, including MultiPlan and Word for the Mac in 1984. He was later tasked with leading the team that created the second version of Windows at Microsoft, after the failure of the original version. Konzen is also known for creating, with Bill Gates, the infamous DONKEY.BAS game for the IBM PC

"Chris Sawyer" is a Scottish computer game developer who is best-known for designing and programming "RollerCoaster Tycoon", "RollerCoaster Tycoon 2", and "Transport Tycoon". He entered the games industry in 1983, writing games in Z80 machine code on the Memotech MTX home computer, and then the Amstrad CPC series home computer. Some of these were published by Ariolasoft, "Sepulcri Scelerati" and "Ziggurat".

Philip Donald Estridge (June 23, 1937 - August 2, 1985), known as Don Estridge, led development of the original IBM Personal Computer (PC), and thus is known as "father of the IBM PC". His decisions dramatically changed the computer industry, resulting in a vast increase in the number of personal computers sold and bought, and creating an entire industry of hardware manufacturers of IBM PCs. Estridge was born in Jacksonville, Florida.

Dennis Hayes (born 1950) was the founder of "Hayes Microcomputer Products", a maker of modems mostly known for introducing the Hayes command set which has subsequently been used in most modems produced to this day. In the 1970s he met Dale Heatherington (born 1948) at National Data Corporation in Atlanta. Together they developed and marketed the first high-quality IBM PC modem, and built the company named "Hayes Communications" around it.

Charles H. Moore (also known as Chuck Moore) (born 1938) is the inventor of the Forth programming language. In 1968, while employed at the United States National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO), Moore invented the initial version of the Forth language to help control radio telescopes. In 1971 he co-founded (with Elizabeth Rather) Forth, Inc., the first, and still one of the leading, purveyors of Forth solutions.

Dalezy is one of the stage names of Ronny Engmann (these days better known as Rengmann). He is a Chiptune-, Electronica- IDM- and Dark ambient-Artist since the early 1990s. Rengmann has been in the demoscene for more than a decade, having made music using the various monikers Dalezy, The Unconsciousness and Animal on C64, Amiga and IBM PC for groups such as Scoopex, Rebels, Creators, Superior Art Creations, Radical Rhythms, …

Hannes Keller (born September 20, 1934) is a Swiss physicist, mathematician, deep diving pioneer, and entrepreneur. In 1962, he reached a depth of 1000 feet in open ocean. In the 1970s through the 1980s, Keller made himself a name as an entrepreneur in the IT industry. Keller is also an amateur classical pianist who produced two CDs and occasionally performed for audiences of up to 2000 people.

Simon Slator (born 10 March, 1979 in Dudley, United Kingdom) is a British Electronic and Ambient musician. Simon's musical career started in 1995 with the creation of several Module files created on the Atari ST. Later upgrading to an IBM PC, Simon produced several albums of music, mostly inspired by Mike Oldfield and Jean Michel Jarre. Although independently released in 1999, one single entitled "First Contact", hit the top of the Progressive Rock charts at Mp3.com, …

Mark Robbins (b. Grand Rapids, Michigan 1947) is a computer software author, inventor, visionary, entrepreneur, and reporter. Robbins received a Bachelors Degree from California State University at Northridge in 1975. In 1971, Robbins co-founded the original Dial-A-Joke telephone service. He designed and built the equipment which answered the phone and delivered the jokes. He also designed and built the answering machine used for the Superfone service run by the writer, …

CAROLYN J. DURNER Current Address Address (after May 15, 2004) 837 Pine Street 401 E. Julian Street Philadelphia, PA 19102 Martinsburg, PA 16662 (215) 898-4381 (814) 793-xxxx * JDURNER@aol.com EDUCATION University of Pennsylvania, School of Nursing, Philadelphia, PA Bachelor of Science in Nursing with Religious Studies minor May 2004 Honors: Hillman Scholar Henrietta Szold Hadassah-Hebrew University, School of Nursing, Jerusalem, IsraelSemester Study Abroad: Maternity and Pediatric rotations Spr