Douglas Engelbart

Douglas Engelbart was born on January 30, 1925 and died on July 2, 2013. He always dreamed to use computers to connect individuals in a network. He was an American engineer and inventor of the computer mouse. He decided in the 1950's that he would rather focus on making the world a better place instead of having a steady job. Douglas won the 1997 A.M. Turing Award, the highest honor in computer science for his inspiring vision of the future. For more info click here