Mark Dean By ppnoelculbreth Mar 2, 1957 birth Jan 1, 1979 Graduated from university of tennesee Jan 1, 1980 Joined IBM Jan 1, 1982 degree in electrical engineering Jan 1, 1992 PhD in electrical engineering Jan 1, 1999 Created a chip that can make 1 billion calculations a second Jan 1, 2001 elected to NAE Jan 1, 2004 Became one of the top 50 African Americans in science Jan 1, 2013 left IBM Feb 3, 2017 creating tech about brain cells