Editing Donald Pederson (section)

==Early life==
Pederson was born in [[Hallock, Minnesota]] to Oscar Jorgan and Beda Emilia Pederson. He attended [[Fergus Falls Public Schools]] in [[Fergus Falls, Minnesota]] during which time he built his first [[crystal radio]] by using junkyard finds and spare parts which were given by his uncle and cousin. During those years he also saved money, and eventually bought his first [[soldering iron]] and a [[vacuum tube]]. Don's passion for electronics began in high school during physics class in [[Fargo, North Dakota]] where his parents had moved. He graduated high school at age 17 and entered [[Iowa State College]] in the autumn of 1943, but then left for the military during [[World War II]]. He served as a private in the [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] in Austria, Germany, France and the [[Philippines]] from 1943 to 1946.<ref name=nas>{{cite web|url=http://www.nasonline.org/publications/biographical-memoirs/memoir-pdfs/pederson-donald.pdf|author1=David A. Hodges|author-link=David A. Hodges|author2=A. Richard Newton|author2-link=A. Richard Newton|title=Donald Oscar Pederson 1925-2004|publisher=[[National Academy of Sciences]]|year=2006}}</ref>

Upon his return from military service, he continued his undergraduate education at [[North Dakota Agricultural College]] (now [[North Dakota State University]]) and earned a bachelor's degree in [[electrical engineering]] in 1948. He then attended [[Stanford University]] for graduate school, where he received a master's degree in electrical engineering in 1949 and a Ph.D. in 1951.<ref name=nas/>

Pederson remained at Stanford as a researcher in the university's electronics research lab. From 1953 to 1955, he worked at [[Bell Labs|Bell Telephone Laboratories]], in [[Murray Hill, New Jersey]], and lectured at Newark College of Engineering (now [[New Jersey Institute of Technology]]). In 1955, Pederson joined the faculty of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences of the [[University of California, Berkeley]] as an assistant professor of electrical engineering. In the early 1970s he began work on [[SPICE]], with his colleagues from the Electronic Research Lab.<ref name=nas/> He retired in 1991, but continued to teach part-time.<ref name=nyt>{{cite news|author=Hoffman, Jascha|title=Donald Pederson, 79, Chip Scientist|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=January 13, 2019|date=January 10, 2005|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/10/obituaries/10pedersonobit.html}}</ref>

Pederson died on December 25, 2004, in [[Concord, California]], of complications from [[Parkinson's disease]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Donald Oscar Pederson – semiconductor chip pioneer|author=Schevitz, Tanya|date=January 7, 2005|access-date=January 13, 2019|work=San Francisco Chronicle|url=http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Donald-Oscar-Pederson-semiconductor-chip-2706882.php}}</ref>