Who was Jerry Lawson: All you need to knowBy Jagran Josh Team
By Gaurav Kumar01, Dec 2022 05:27 PMjagranjosh.com
Gerald “Jerry” Lawson was a Brooklyn born New Yorker and his birth date is December 1, 1940. He was one of the fathers of modern gaming.
Lawson led the team that developed the first home video gaming system with interchangeable game cartridges, today’s Google doodle is dedicated to Gerald “Jerry” Lawson on his 82nd birthday.
Gerald Jerry Lawson’s achievements are immortalized at the World Video Game Hall of Fame in Rochester in New York.
Jerry attended Queens College and City College of New York. He then departed early to start his career in Palo Alto, California. He very soon stepped into the tech company jungle “Silicon Valley”.
He arrived in California and joined Fairchild Semiconductor as an engineering consultant.
Lawson tinkered with electronics from an early age. The innovative mind couldn't help repairing televisions around his neighborhood and creating his own radio station using recycled parts.