Mark Dean (computer scientist)

Mark E. Dean (born March 2, 1957) is an inventor and computer engineer. He was part of the team that developed the ISA bus, and he led a design team for making a one-gigahertz computer processor chip.[1] He holds three of nine PC patents for being the co-creator of the IBM personal computer released in 1981.[2] In August 2011, writing in his blog, Dean stated that he now uses a tablet computer instead of a PC.[3][4]

Mark Dean
Born (1957-03-02) March 2, 1957
Jefferson City, Tennessee, United States
Alma mater
OccupationComputer engineer

Early life

Mark E. Dean was born in Jefferson City, Tennessee. Dean displayed an affinity for technology and invention at a young age.[5] When Mark was young, he and his dad constructed a tractor from scratch.[6]

Education

Dean holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Tennessee, a master's degree in electrical engineering from Florida Atlantic University and a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Stanford University.[7]

Recognition

Dean is the first[8] African-American to become an IBM Fellow, which is the highest level of technical excellence at the company. In 1997, he was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame.[7][9]

Career

Currently, he is the interim dean of the Tickle College of Engineering [10] and is the John Fisher Distinguished Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Tennessee.[11] He was previously CTO for IBM Middle East and Africa[12] and was an IBM Vice President overseeing the company's Almaden Research Center in San Jose, California prior to that.[13] Dean now holds more than 20 patents.[14][15] Dean was part of the team that developed the industry standard architechture (ISA) systems bus that enables multiple devices, such as modems and printers, to be connected to personal computers.

As of April 26, 2019, April 25th is now officially Mark Dean Day in Knox County, Tennessee. [16]

References
  1. McCoy, Frank (1999-12-26). "He refined the desktop PC. Now he wants to kill it". U.S. News & World Report. Archived from the original on 2012-10-20. Retrieved 2011-08-12. A year later, Dean led a team that built a 1,000-megahertz chip [...]
  2. Maulsby, Richard (1997-10-15). "Four American Inventors to Receive Ronald H. Brown American Innovator Awards" (Press release). United States Patent and Trademark Office. Retrieved 2013-07-11. Dean, just 40, holds more than 25 patents, including three of IBM's original nine PC patents.
  3. Angel, Jonathan (2011-08-10). "Thirty years later, the personal computer's obsolete, IBM PC designer says". linuxfordevices.com. Archived from the original on 2012-09-04. Retrieved 2011-08-12.
  4. Dean, Mark (2011-08-12). "IBM Leads the Way in the Post-PC Era". Smarter Planet. Archived from the original on 2011-08-13. I recently traded in my PC for a tablet computer [...]
  5. "Mark Dean: Early Life and Education". Biography.com. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
  7. "High-tech's Invisible Man'". US Black Engineer & IT. Career Communications Group. 25 (5): 14. February 2002. ISSN 1088-3444.
  8. Carter Sluby, Patricia (2009). The inventive spirit of African Americans: patented ingenuity (illustrated ed.). Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 177. ISBN 978-0-275-96674-4.
  9. "Mark Dean". National Inventors Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2017-02-21.
  10. "Parker Taking New Role at Office of Science and Technology Policy". The University of Tennessee,Knoxville. 2018-08-15. Retrieved 2018-08-17.
  11. "Personal Computer Inventor to Join College of Engineering Faculty". Tennessee Today. The University of Tennessee, Knoxville. 2013-08-07. Retrieved 2013-10-12.
  12. Evans, Bob (2011-08-11). "Personal Computers Becoming Obsolete, Says IBM PC Architect". Forbes. Retrieved 2011-08-12. One of IBM’s primary designers for its iconic PC says he’s chucked the PC in favor of a tablet [..] Now CTO for IBM Middle East and Africa, Dean [...]
  13. "Mark Dean - Computer Scientist of the African Diaspora". Department of Mathematics, University of Buffalo. Retrieved 2017-02-21.
  14. "Mark Dean: Innovation with IBM". Biography.com.
  15. "Dr. Mark Dean: Computer Inventions". Black-inventor.com. Archived from the original on 2010-07-29. Retrieved 2017-02-21.
  16. "Knox County Proclaims April 25 'Dr. Mark Dean Day'". University of Tennessee. Retrieved 2019-08-27.
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