| Title: |
Dale Eugene LaFrenz
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| Local code: |
OH 315
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. Charles Babbage Institute
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| Collection: |
Charles Babbage Institute Oral History Program
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| Description: |
After briefly discussing his educational background, he relates his initial exposure with computing in the classroom while teaching at the University of Minnesota high school. He discusses their use of early BASIC through telecommunications to Dartmouth and the spread of computing use to local schools. LaFrenz recounts the formation of TIES, Total Information for Educational Systems, and his move to Honeywell to assist them in developing instructional time-sharing. The bulk of the interview concerns his role in the creation of Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium (MECC), MECC's early provision of instructional and administrative computing to Minnesota school districts, and the evolution into an educational software developer and supplier.
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| Extent: |
40 pages
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| URL: |
http://www.cbi.umn.edu/oh/pdf.phtml?id=177
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1995 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
LaFrenze, Dale Eugene
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker occupation: |
Electrical engineer
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| Document location: |
Minneapolis, MN
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| Document date: |
13-Apr-1995
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| Interviewer: |
O'Neill, Judy
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| Locations discussed: |
North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Computer software; Electric engineering; Engineering; Information technology; North America; Oral history; Software engineering; United States
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0023988-25532
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