Enjoy selected photos representing the life and work of Doug Engelbart. You can also view these as a slideshow or see more in the Doug Engelbart Institute History in Pictures.
Douglas Engelbart, Electronic Technician, USN (1945)
Doug graduates Oregon State Corvallis BS-EE (1949)
It all started when he got engaged and questioned his career goals (~1950)
Doug and Ballard loved to dance (1952)
Doug as young SRI researcher (~1959)
Doug’s seminal vision (1962) “Augmenting Human Intellect: A Conceptual Framework”
The first mouse (1964)
First mouse with workstation (~1965)
First mouse with workstation (~1965)
Doug using NLS for meeting support (1967)
Doug using NLS for meeting support (1967)
Lead engineer Bill English using NLS (~1968)
Doug practice demo (1968)
Doug practice demo (1968)
With Bill English (~1968)
Conference venue for the “Mother of All Demos” (1968)
Conference poster for Doug’s session (1968)
Screenshot from the 1968 Demo
Screenshot from the 1968 Demo
Screenshot from the 1968 Demo
Picnic at friends’ vineyard (~1968)
Doug in team meeting (1969)
Doug in team meeting (1969)
Doug with clients (1996)
Doug at HyperScope event (2006)
Alumni and associates from Doug’s team (1998)
Alumni from Doug’s team (2008)
Doug (center) at Arpanet founders anniversary event
Bound collection of papers since 1959 (1994)
Introducing the term “Collective IQ” (1994)
Special commemorative book (1995)
Posing with original mouse for Apple Magazine (1984)
Posing with original mouse for US News (1996)
Posing with original mouse (2006)
With daughter Christina at NMC Awards (2009)
Celebrating the 40th anniversary of his 1968 Demo (2008)
Congrats from President Clinton upon receiving the National Medal of Technology (2000)
The National Medal of Technology awarded to Doug in 2000
Doug’s favorite slide shows “easy to learn” paradigm
Doug 2006 and 1968
Doug atop South Sister in his home state of Oregon (late 1970s)
Tribute to Doug Engelbart 