Patrick Green oral history recording on Washington County's Silicon Forest
Media
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.
Creator
Green, Patrick
Is Part Of
High Tech collection
Subject
Washington County (Or.) -- History
High technology
Place
Washington County (Or.)
Extent
2 sound files (1 hr., 11 min.)
Language
English
Identifier
WCM_OH_344
Rights
In Copyright
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Source
Five Oaks Museum
Contributor
English, Melanie
Format
MP3
Type
Sound