Trailblazer Series
Thursday, February 26 at 12:30 p.m.
Hodges Library Auditorium

Join us as local personality Hallerin Hilton Hill interviews Dr. Mark Dean, alumnus
and professor, about his experience as an African American inventor and engineer.
Born in Johnson City during the era of desegregation, Dr. Mark Dean is one of the
lead inventors of the personal computer. With IBM, Dean acquired three of the
company's first eight personal computing patents, including the one that makes
serial ports—and thus the ability to connect more than one device to a computer at
a time—possible. He was the first African-American IBM Fellow and is a member of
the National Inventors Hall of Fame as well as several other societies.

Mark E. Dean is the John Fisher Distinguished Professor at the University of
Tennessee College of Engineering. His research focus is in advanced computer
architecture (beyond Von Neumann systems), data centric computing, and
computational sciences.

The Trailblazer Series is founded and supported by the Commission for Blacks and
the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Diversity.

A special thanks to the Ready for the World Initiative and the College of
Engineering for their sponsorship.

The intent of the Trailblazer Series is to highlight accomplishments of African
Americans within the UT community through an annual speaking series. The
inaugural series kicks off this fall and will continue through the spring semester.

Learn more at trailblazer.utk.edu.

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