Skip to main content

Microsoft

paul allen
Allen died from Non-Hodgkin lymphoma in 2018. He was 65. 

My friendship with Paul started with a computer. I was in 8th grade, Paul was in 10th (although he seemed a lot more than two years older to me, because he was tall and had a really cool beard). 

Subscribe to Microsoft
Summer 2020 | Volume 26, Issue 2
Allen died from Non-Hodgkin lymphoma in 2018. He was 65. My friendship with Paul started with a computer. I was in 8th grade, Paul was in 10th (although he seemed a lot more than two years older to me, because he was tall and had a really cool beard).  Our school had just purchased a teletype,…

Innovations

We hope you enjoyed this essay.

Please support America's only magazine of the history of engineering and innovation, and the volunteers that sustain it with a donation to Invention & Technology.

Donate

Stay informed - subscribe to our newsletter.
The subscriber's email address.