Mark Dean

Mark Dean worked with his team at IBM to develop the first personal computer.

Who is Mark Dean?

Mark Dean is a very important part of computer science history because of his leadership and contributions to it in the form of new innovations. He was born on March 2, 1957, in Jefferson City, Tennessee. Dean earned his undergraduate degree in engineering at the University of Tennessee, his Master's degree at the Florida Atlantic University, and his Ph.D at Stanford University. He is incredibly important to our daily lives, as he developed the PC's ISA bus, which allows things such as printers and seperate monitors to connect to computers by plugging them directly into the computer's ports. Dean has patented over 20 inventions that advanced computer science significantly. These include the first color PC, the first gigahertz adapter, and many more. The contributions and hard work that he has given the computer science industry lead him to earning the Black Engineer of they Year President's Award, an induction into the National Inventors' Hall of Fame, and membership in the National Academy of Engineers.