Alan Kay

Long before Apple threw its iPad on the market, tech-pioneer Alan Kay (Bio, Math’66) had already come up with the idea of a portable computing device. In a 1972 paper, Alan wrote about the “Dynabook” to create a more creative learning environment for children of all ages. Alan lives in Los Angeles. Read more about him in Paul Danish’s (Hist’65) column in the Spring 2014 Coloradan.