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Lawrence Brilliant (born May 5, 1944) is an American epidemiologist, [1] technologist, philanthropist, and author, who worked with the World Health Organization from 1973–1976 helping to successfully eradicate smallpox. Brilliant, a technology patent holder, has been the CEO of public companies and venture backed start-ups.
— Şehzade Ahmed Nuri, Ottoman prince (7 August 1944), note found in his pocket after he starved to death in a French public park Last known photo of Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., taken on the day of his death. "Spade Flush." [219]
Brand was born in Rockford, Illinois, and attended Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire. He studied biology at Stanford University, graduating in 1960. [2] As a soldier in the U.S. Army, he was a parachutist and taught infantry skills; he later expressed the view that his experience in the military had fostered his competence in organizing. [3]
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Seva Foundation, based in Berkeley, California, was founded in 1978 by public health expert Larry Brilliant, [2] [3] spiritual leader Ram Dass [4] and humanitarian activist Wavy Gravy. Other co-founders include Dr. Govindappa Venkataswamy , founder of the Aravind Eye Foundation , and Nicole Grasset , the senior adviser for the World Health ...
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The original hardware for the WELL was a VAX 11/750, which cost "a quarter of a million dollars and required a closet full of telephone lines and modems." [12] The WELL's core conferencing software, PicoSpan, is written in the C programming language and runs on Unix. PicoSpan was written by Marcus D. Watts for Network Technologies International ...