Patrick Green oral history recording on Washington County's Silicon Forest

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https://exhibits.lib.pacificu.edu/files/original/fc6b0e5eb58da5606b9ad9f3aede0980.mp3

Title

Patrick Green oral history recording on Washington County's Silicon Forest

Description

An audio recording of an oral history of Patrick Green on his experiences working at Tektronix and Planar in Washington County's 'Silicon Forest.' Topics include: how his interest in science developed; calculators and computers at work in the 1970s; the earliest personal computers in the late 1970s and early 1980s; being hired at Tektronix in 1979; working in research & development (R&D); designing screen display technologies; working as an engineer and a project manager; the spinoff of Planar as a company; creating display technologies at Planar; cultures of the two companies; international business; filing patents and publishing research; development of the 'Silicon Forest' in Washington County, Oregon; women and people of diverse backgrounds in the technology sector; and other topics. This recording is accompanied by a transcript.

Contributor

English, Melanie

Creator

Green, Patrick

Date

2012

Is Part Of

High Tech collection

Format

MP3

Language

English

Identifier

WCM_OH_344

Subject

Washington County (Or.) -- History

High technology

Rights

In Copyright

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Extent

2 sound files (1 hr., 11 min.)

Spatial Coverage

Washington County (Or.)

Type

Sound

Source

Washington County Museum