Washington County Oral Histories

Patrick Green oral history recording on Washington County's Silicon Forest

An audio recording of an oral history of Patrick Green on his experiences working at Tektronix and Planar in Washington County's 'Silicon Forest.' Topics include: how his interest in science developed; calculators and computers at work in the 1970s; the earliest personal computers in the late 1970s and early 1980s; being hired at Tektronix in 1979; working in research & development (R&D); designing screen display technologies; working as an engineer and a project manager; the spinoff of Planar as a company; creating display technologies at Planar; cultures of the two companies; international business; filing patents and publishing research; development of the 'Silicon Forest' in Washington County, Oregon; women and people of diverse backgrounds in the technology sector; and other topics. This recording is accompanied by a transcript.

Green, Patrick

High Tech collection

Washington County (Or.) -- History

High technology

Washington County (Or.)

2 sound files (1 hr., 11 min.)

English

WCM_OH_344

In Copyright

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Five Oaks Museum

English, Melanie

MP3

Sound