Saturday, July 31, 2021

Dr. Mark E. Dean holds 3 of IBM's original 9 PC patents

 Black History Month Spotlight: Mark Dean

Dr. Mark E. Dean

(1957–)

 

Early Life and Education

Dr. Dean was born on March 2, 1957, in Jefferson City, Tennessee. Dr. Dean is credited with helping to launch the personal computer age with work that made the machines more accessible and powerful.

 

From an early age, Dr. Dean showed a love for building things. As a young boy, Dean constructed a tractor from scratch with the help of his father, a supervisor at the Tennessee Valley Authority. 

 

Dr. Dean also excelled in many different areas, standing out as a gifted athlete and an extremely smart student who graduated with straight A's from Jefferson City High School. In 1979, he graduated at the top of his class at the University of Tennessee, where he studied engineering.

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