Continuing to post information about this Black Pioneer, Tech-Master Gerald "Jerry" Lawson, who left us too early in 2011 on April 9th. Here is his wikipedia page and NOTE HOW SMALL IT IS. But it has a number of interesting tidbits that is typical for how WE MUST TELL OUR OWN STORIES OF OUR LIVES! WE HAVE TO MAKE BLACK LIVES MATTER! Not anyone else. Shout out TO TARIQ NASHEED! And his Hidden Color series on Black History. Go pick that UP IF YOU WANNA LEARN MORE BLACK FACTS! Like the fact that;
Did you know that there used to be a BLACK AMERICAN CAR COMPANY!?!?!?!
O_-
I SEE YOU! NO!
NO I'M NOT MAKING THAT UP EITHER!
But I can guarantee you that MOST BLACK PEOPLE both here and abroad HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF THIS, now? Three guesses on what happened to that company....
I'm listening to this song while I'm typing this, lemme get this posted, because I gotta get back to typing! Because if I wasn't motivated BEFORE!? READING ALL OF THIS AND POSTING ALL OF THIS!? I'M READY TO GET TA TYPING! AND GET MY ASS OUT HERE AND HIT-IT! YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!
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Jerry Lawson (engineer)
Gerald Anderson "Jerry" Lawson (December 1, 1940 – April 9, 2011)[1][2] was an American electronic engineer known for his work in designing the Fairchild Channel F video game console.[3]
| Jerry Lawson | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 1, 1940 Brooklyn, New York |
| Died | April 9, 2011 (aged 70) Mountain View, California |
| Alma mater | Queens College |
| Occupation | Computer engineer |
| Children | 2 |
During development of the Channel F in the early-mid 1970s, Lawson was Chief Hardware Engineer[4] and director of engineering and marketing for Fairchild Semiconductor's video game division.[5] He also founded and ran Videosoft, a video game development company which made software for the Atari 2600 in the early 1980s, as the 2600 had displaced the Channel F as the top system in the market.[3]
Lawson along with Ron Jones were the sole Black members of the Homebrew Computer Club, a group of early computer hobbyists which would produce a number of industry legends, including Apple founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak.[5] Lawson also produced one of the earliest arcade games, Demolition Derby,[6] which debuted in a southern California pizzeria shortly after Pong. Lawson later worked with the Stanford mentor program and was preparing to write a book on his career.[5]
In March 2011, Lawson was honored as an industry pioneer by the International Game Developers Association.[7] One month later, he died of complications from diabetes.[8] At the time of his death, he resided in Santa Clara, California.
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