Rest In Peace, Charles Alfred Eldon: A Pioneer Of Silicon Valley, A Role Model For This New Generation | TechCrunch

posted on 29/09/2012 19:43 #history #silicon valley

http://techcrunch.com/2012/09/28/rest-in-peace-charles-alfred-eldon-a-pioneer-of-silicon-valley-a-role-model-for-this-new-generation/

“Decades before Steve Jobs, the Google founders, and Mark Zuckerberg, small groups of unglamorous technologists turned Santa Clara Valley into the world-changing region we are still reinventing today. My grandpa, Charles Alfred “Bud” Eldon, was one of them, a Hewlett-Packard engineer and executive since the days of the apricot orchards. He passed away at 7:45am this morning.”