Biography:Tom Rolander

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Tom Rolander
Born
Kiomboi, Tanzania[1]
NationalityAmerican
OccupationSoftware engineer, professor[2]
Known forMP/M, iFolder

Thomas Alan Rolander is an American entrepreneur, engineer, and developer of the multitasking multiuser operating system MP/M created for microcomputers in 1979 while working as the first employee[3] of Digital Research[4][5][1][6] with Gary Kildall,[1][7] the "father" of CP/M. CP/M and MP/M laid the groundwork to later Digital Research operating system families such as Concurrent CP/M, Concurrent DOS and Multiuser DOS.

Digital Research Employee Badge, THOMAS ROLANDER, I.D. #1

In 2013 he was granted with a 2013 Diamond Award for Entrepreneurial Excellence from the University of Washington (UW).[8][1]

See also


References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 "Tom Rolander - Alumnus Tom Rolander – Avid Innovator and Athlete". Alumni Profiles. University of Washington, Electrical Engineering. 2009. https://www2.ee.washington.edu/people/alumni/profiles/tom_rolander.html. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Tom Rolander is new chairman of Big Sur International Marathon board of directors". Carmel, CA, USA: Monterey Herald. 2016-10-06. http://www.montereyherald.com/article/NF/20161006/NEWS/161009750. 
  3. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLVbSjDq0DE
  4. ↑ Computer Connections: People, Places, and Events in the Evolution of the Personal Computer Industry. Kildall Family. 2016-08-02. http://www.computerhistory.org/atchm/computer-history-museum-license-agreement-for-the-kildall-manuscript/. Retrieved 2016-11-17. 
  5. ↑ "In His Own Words: Gary Kildall". Remarkable People. Computer History Museum. 2016-08-02. http://www.computerhistory.org/atchm/in-his-own-words-gary-kildall/. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 "Tom Rolander - Serial entrepreneur and Emergent Farming co-founder". https://www.f6s.com/tomrolander. 
  7. ↑ They Made America: From the Steam Engine to the Search Engine: Two Centuries of Innovators. Little, Brown and Co.. 2004. ISBN:0-316-27766-5. ISBN 978-0-316-27766-2. 
  8. ↑ "2013 Diamond Award for Entrepreneurial Excellence". 2013. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECH9eiinzQo. 
  9. ↑ "CD ROM Conference: Lured by 600 Megabytes on Disk". PC Magazine: 42. 1986-04-29. https://books.google.de/books?id=lmtbry-ytXgC&pg=PA42. Retrieved 2016-11-19. 

Further reading

  • "In Memory of GARY A. KILDALL May 19, 1942 -- July 11, 1994". Tom Rolander's Website and Album. Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, USA. 1994-07-15. http://www.tomrolander.com/GaryKildall/In%20memory%20of%20Gary%20Kildall.htm. 
  • Rolander, Tom (2007-08-08). "Scoble Show". PodTech.net (Interview). Interviewed by Scoble, Robert. Retrieved 2016-11-11.

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