Historic Legacy
   Decades ahead of his time   
Explore Doug's many pio­neer­ing firsts, from the 'Mother of All Demos' to the Mouse and more, all show­cased at the Engel­bart Archive with online exhi­bits, his­tor­ic foot­age, photos, texts, and oral his­to­ries. Don't miss his 1969 SEQUEL to the Demo or his role in the first com­pu­ter network – both turned 50!  
Big Idea
Boost collective effectiveness
What drove his innovation and spark­ed a revo­lu­tion, cata­pul­ting us into the Know­ledge Age? Visit the Engel­bart Aca­demy to learn about his accel­er­a­tive Strategy for raising Collec­tive IQ across busi­ness and soci­ety to our high­est col­lec­tive poten­tial—now more viable and more crucial than ever!
Doing It
  Apply in your own initiatives 
Now you can put these same strate­gic accel­er­a­tors to work Bootstrap­ping Bril­liance in your own ini­tia­tives, teams and organ­i­za­tions. See Our Projects and Commu­nity Show­case re: how some ini­tia­tives making a dif­fer­ence in the world are already meet­ing the Engel­bart Chal­lenge.    

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Honorable Mention


Watch President Obama cite Doug Engelbart's innovations:

"So much of our information age began right here, at Stanford... It was from here in 1968 where researcher Douglas Engelbart astonished an audience..."
– President Barak Obama



The National Medal of Technology & Innovation

On December 1, 2000, the White House bestowed on Douglas Engelbart the National Medal of Technology and Innovation,
the highest award in it's class

See Honors for complete list of Doug's awards



IN MEMORIAM
Douglas Carl Engelbart
(1925-2013)
See Remembering Doug for photos, tributes, and news from his passing.
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He will be missed...