Andrew Kay
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Kay, a 1940 graduate of MIT, started his career with Bendix followed by two years at Jet Propulsion Laboratory. In 1952, Kay founded Non-Linear Systems, a manufacturer of digital instrumentation. NLS developed a reputation for providing rugged durability in critical applications for everything from submarines to spacecraft. At NLS he invented the digital voltmeter, in 1952. [2]
He founded Kaypro Corporation as a subsidiary of NLS in 1982, to sell computers.[2] In 1985, it had more than $120 million in revenue, dwarfing what had been its parent, NLS. But the company's success was relatively short-lived; in 1990 it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, and it was liquidated in 1992.[1]
In the late 1990s, Kay founded Kay Computers, which similarly manufactured and sold personal computers. The company lasted for less than ten years.
Kay later was a Senior Business Advisor to Accelerated Composites, LLC. Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
He co-founded the Rotary Club of Del Mar, California. [2]
Andrew Kay died at age 95 in August of 2014. [2]
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External links
- Script error: No such module "citation/CS1"., AcceleratedComposites.com; accessed September 8, 2014.
- Computer pioneer Andrew Kay dies at 95, utsandiego.com; accessed September 8, 2014.
- Andrew Kay obituary, legacy.com; accessed September 8, 2014.
- Patent 2813266 Patent for Indicator Device and Means for Mounting (1957)
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- American computer businesspeople
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- 1919 births
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- Businesspeople from Akron, Ohio
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