Andy Kay
Hall of Fame member Andy Kay at the 1998 Induction Dinner

Nominating new members

Each year, the Hall of Fame Committee selects new members to the Hall of Fame from a final slate selected by the membership of the Computer Museum of America. Museum members vote from a list of nominees submitted by themselves, industry leaders and the general public.

Last year, the public was invited to elect five members to the Computer Hall of Fame. In addition, the Nominating Committee selected five inductees and these 10 selections comprise the Class of 2002. To see the results of the voting for the Class of 2002, see our Results Page.

If there is someone you believe to be deserving of recognition in the Computer Hall of Fame, and they're not in the Hall or on our list of nominees below, please submit your nominee for the Hall of Fame by sending an e-mail to the webmaster.

Current list of nominees
Paul Allen
  • Co-founder of Microsoft
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    Marc Andreesson
    • Co-developed first graphical Web browser (NCSA Mosaic)
    • Co-founder of Netscape
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      John Perry Barlow
      • Co-founder of Electronic Frontier Foundation
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        Andy Bechtolsheim
        • Co-founder of Sun Microsystems
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          John Blankenbaker
          • Developed the KenBak-I computer in 1973, one of the earliest PCs
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            Len Bosack
            • Co-founder of Cisco Systems, a leading manufacturer of Internet switching equipment
            • Developed IGSP, Inter-Gateway Switching Protocol for the Internet
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              Stewart Brand
              • Co-founder (with Larry Brilliant) of The WELL online service (1985)
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                Dan Bricklin
                • Co-developer of VisiCalc, the first spreadsheet program
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                  Larry Brilliant
                  • Co-founder (with Stewart Brand) of The WELL online service (1985)
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                    Steve Case
                    • Founder of America Online
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                      Vint Cerf
                      • Co-developer (with Bob Kahn) of TCP/IP standard (1974)
                        		•
                        James Clark
                        • Founder of Silicon Graphics Inc.
                        • Co-founder (with Marc Andreesson) of Netscape Communications
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                          Larry Ellison
                          • Founder of Oracle, a database company
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                            Bob Frankston
                            • Co-developer of VisiCalc, the first spreadsheet program
                              		•
                              William Gibson
                              • Coined the phrase "cyberspace" in the novel "Neuromancer" (1984)
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                                Mike Godwin
                                • Early theorist about online legal issues
                                • Longtime counsel for the Electronic Frontier Foundation
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                                  Andy Grove
                                  • Co-founder and former president of Intel
                                    		•
                                    Johan Helsingius
                                    • Started first anonymous e-mail service
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                                      William Hewlett
                                      • Co-founder of Hewlett-Packard
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                                        Bill Joy
                                        • Co-founder of Sun Microsystems
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                                          Bob Kahn
                                          • Co-developer (with Vint Cerf) of TCP/IP standard (1974)
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                                            Mitch Kapor
                                            • Founder of Lotus Software
                                            • Co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation
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                                              Charles F. Kettering
                                              • Developed the first electro-mechanical cash register (1906)
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                                                Vinod Khosla
                                                • Co-founder of Sun Microsystems
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                                                  John Kilcullen
                                                  • Founder, publisher of IDG Books
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                                                    Len Kleinrock
                                                    • Developed early theory of packet networking in 1961 at MIT, which later led to the Internet
                                                      		•
                                                      Sandy Lerner
                                                      • Co-founder of Cisco Systems
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                                                        Joseph Licklider
                                                        • First head of computer research at the Defense Department's ARPA research program, which later developed the Internet
                                                        • Wrote the influential "Man-Computer Symbiosis" in 1960
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                                                          Scott McNealy
                                                          • Co-founder of Sun Microsystems
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                                                            Bob Metcalfe
                                                            • Co-inventor of Ethernet
                                                            • Founder of 3Com, leading manufacturer of networking equipment
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                                                              Halsey Minor
                                                              • Founder of C|NET, online news resource about technology
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                                                                Gordon Moore
                                                                • Postulated Moore's Rule (1964), which holds that computing power will double every 18 months with no increase in price
                                                                • Co-founder of Intel
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                                                                  Ted Nelson
                                                                  • Coined the word "hypertext" (1965)
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                                                                    Robert Noyce
                                                                    • Co-inventor of the integrated circuit, or computer chip
                                                                    • Co-founder of Intel
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                                                                      Kenneth Olson
                                                                      • Founder of Digital Electronics Corp. (DEC)
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                                                                        Adam Osborne
                                                                        • Founder of Osborne Computers, maker of the first portable computer
                                                                        • Prolific and influential writer about computers
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                                                                          David Packard
                                                                          • Co-founder of Hewlett-Packard
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                                                                            John H. Patterson
                                                                            • Founder of National Cash Register, early innovator and manufacturer of adding devices
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                                                                              Alexai Pazhitnov
                                                                              • Wrote "Tetris" in the Soviet Union during Cold War, smuggled it to the outside world where it became a best-seller
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                                                                                Larry Roberts
                                                                                • Led development of ARPANET (later the Internet)
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                                                                                  Ken Thompson
                                                                                  • Co-developer (with Dennis Ritchie) of UNIX operating system for Bell Labs
                                                                                  • Co-led (with Dennis Ritchie) team that developed the C programming language
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                                                                                    Jonathan Titus
                                                                                    • Developed the Mark 8, one of the earliest personal computers
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                                                                                      Ray Tomlinson
                                                                                      • Wrote the first e-mail system to run between two separate computers; led to modern system of Internet e-mail (1973)
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                                                                                        Linus Torvalds
                                                                                        • Author of Linux, popular open-source operating system
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                                                                                          Truong Trong Thi
                                                                                          • Developed the MICRAL computer, considered the world's first modern personal computer
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                                                                                            Ted Waitt
                                                                                            • Founder of Gateway, a leading direct-seller of personal computers
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                                                                                              Philip R. Zimmerman
                                                                                              • Author of Pretty Good Privacy, one of the first encryption programs available to the general public
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