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Born in Philadelphia, Pennsiylvania
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He participated in the Free Speech Movement as a teenager and was arrested during the Sproul Hall Sit-in at the University of California, Berkeley.
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He dropped out of the University of California, Berkeley to work as a junior engineer at Ampex.
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Lee Felsenstein graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a degree in electrical engineering and computer science
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The Community Memory Project was a time-shared public bulletin board system that was designed around the counter-cultural ideals of decentralization, low cost, and open access. It was one of the earliest online communities
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He thought modems used in the Community Memory Project were to expensive, so he created a cheaper modem.
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Open forum for computer enthusiasts to discuss new codes and information in a collabrative space.
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Joined as a design consultant, where he helped develop the Visual Display Model, VDM-1.
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He created SOL-20 with other Homebrew Computer Club members. It was one of the first microcomputers sold with a keyboard and case.
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He was the founder and president of Golemics, a design company, from 1979 until 1992.
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Founded the company with Adam Osborn, where he helped create a portable computer, the Osborne-1.
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He worked as a senior researcher at Interval Research from 1992 until 2000.
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He was honored as a Pioneer of the Electronic Frontier by the Electronic Frontier Foundation
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He helped set up an online record of the movement he and many others participated in. http://www.fsm-a.org/
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He was awarded the Editor’s Choice awards for creative excellence from EE Times magazine.
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He was made a fellow at the Computer History Museum for his "influence on the technical and social environment of the early personal computing era." http://www.computerhistory.org/fellowawards/hall/lee-felsenstein/
