Computer Science Superheroes

- Philip Don Estridge was born on June 23, 1937, in Jacksonville, Florida. Sadly, he passed away on August 2, 1985, in Irving, Texas. He was 48 years of age.

- Philip completed a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering at the University of Florida.

- He is known for creating the original IBM Personal Computer in 1981. Some minor contributions he had was when he designed computer-based radar systems for the US Army, and when he worked for NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.

- Marc Hannah was born on October 19,1956 and is still alive. He is 66 years old.

- He attended the Illinois Institute of Technology with a scholarship that he received from AT&T's Bell Laboratories. He received his B.S. in electrical engineering in 1977, his M.S. degree in 1978, and his PhD at Stanford.

- He is known for being the founder of Silicon Graphics. In 1982, Marc Hannah and his colleagues founded Silicon Graphics Incorporated, and wanted to develop high-performance graphic workstations, as well as serve for various industries.