Andrew Kay
Andrew F. Kay (born March 22, 1919) was President and CEO of Kay Computers, a personal computer firm, and also serves as Senior Business Advisor to Accelerated Composites, LLC.
Mr. Kay, a 1940 graduate of MIT, started his career with Bendix followed by two years at Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He later founded Non-Linear Systems, a manufacturer of digital instrumentation, in 1952. NLS developed a reputation for providing rugged durability in critical applications for everything from submarines to spacecraft. At NLS he invented the digital voltmeter.
He is also a founder of the Rotary Club of Del Mar, California. As a member of the Board of Directors of Johnson O'Connor Research Institute, he has pursued the advancement of education with particular attention to the development of "a thinking vocabulary" as a basic component of creating leadership capabilities for managers in science and technology fields.
Andrew Kay was awarded Victorian of the Year in 1998. He is a Director of the Aboriginal Literacy Foundation and the World Literacy Foundation
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[edit] External links
- Brief Biography from Accelerated Composites
[edit] Patents
- Patent 2813266 Indicator Device and Means for Mounting (1957)
