Editing Douglas Engelbart (section)

== Early life and education ==
Engelbart was born in [[Portland, Oregon]], on January 30, 1925, to Carl Louis Engelbart and Gladys Charlotte Amelia Munson Engelbart. His ancestors were of [[Germans|German]], [[Swedes|Swedish]] and [[Norwegians|Norwegian]] descent.<ref name="interview">{{cite web|last1=Lowood|first1=Henry|url=https://stanford.edu/dept/SUL/sites/engelbart/engfmst1-ntb.html|title=Douglas Engelbart Interview 1, Stanford and the Silicon Valley: Oral History Interviews|publisher=[[Stanford University]]|date=December 19, 1986|access-date=December 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120218234744/http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/hasrg/histsci/ssvoral/engelbart/main1-ntb.html|archive-date=February 18, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>

He was the middle of three children, with a sister Dorianne (three years older), and a brother David (14 months younger). The family lived in Portland, Oregon, in his early years, and moved to the surrounding countryside along Johnson Creek when he was 8. His father died one year later. He graduated from Portland's [[Franklin High School (Portland, Oregon)|Franklin High School]] in 1942.<ref name="bio">{{cite web|url=http://history-computer.com/People/EngelbartBio.html|title=Biography of Douglas Engelbart|first1=Georgi|last1=Dalakov|publisher=History of Computers|access-date=July 29, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120711002513/http://history-computer.com/People/EngelbartBio.html|archive-date=July 11, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>

Midway through his undergraduate years at [[Oregon State University]], he served two years in the [[United States Navy]] as a radio and [[radar]] technician in the [[Philippines]].<ref name="bio"/> It was there, on the remote island of [[Leyte]] in a small traditional hut on stilts, that he read [[Vannevar Bush]]'s article "[[As We May Think]]", which would have a large influence on his thinking and work.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Madrigal|first1=Alexis C.|date=July 8, 2013|title=The Hut Where the Internet Began|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/07/the-hut-where-the-internet-began/277551/|url-status=live|access-date=January 9, 2022|website=The Atlantic|language=en|quote=Engelbart wrote Bush a letter describing how profoundly he'd been affected by the latter's work. "I might add that this article of yours has probably influenced me quite basically. I remember finding it and avidly reading it in a Red Cross library on the edge of the jungle on Leyte, one of the Philippine Islands, in the fall of 1945," he wrote. "I rediscovered your article about three years ago, and was rather startled to realized how much I had aligned my sights along the vector you had described. I wouldn't be surprised at all if the reading of this article sixteen and a half years ago hadn't had a real influence on my thoughts and actions."|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130709070455/http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/07/the-hut-where-the-internet-began/277551/ |archive-date=July 9, 2013}}</ref> He returned to Oregon State and completed his bachelor's degree in [[electrical engineering]] in 1948. While at Oregon State, he was a member of [[Sigma Phi Epsilon]] social fraternity.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sigep.org/resourcedocs/about-resources/Citation-Recipients.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224110442/http://www.sigep.org/resourcedocs/about-resources/Citation-Recipients.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 24, 2013|title=Citation Recipients|publisher=[[Sigma Phi Epsilon]]|page=5|access-date=August 14, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sigep.org/about/who-we-are/history-and-facts/prominentalumni/business/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130814140912/http://www.sigep.org/about/who-we-are/history-and-facts/prominentalumni/business/|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 14, 2013|title=Prominent Alumni: Business|publisher=[[Sigma Phi Epsilon]]|access-date=August 14, 2013}}</ref> He was hired by the [[National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics]] at the [[Ames Research Center]], where he worked in wind tunnel maintenance. In his off hours he enjoyed hiking, camping, and folk dancing. It was there he met Ballard Fish (August 18, 1928 – June 18, 1997),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://engelbart85.wordpress.com/2010/01/23/happy-birthday-memories/|title=Happy Birthday Memories|work=Happy Birthday Doug Engelbart!|date=January 23, 2010|access-date=September 1, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117033444/https://engelbart85.wordpress.com/2010/01/23/happy-birthday-memories/|archive-date=November 17, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> who was just completing her training to become an occupational therapist. They were married in [[Portola State Park]] on May 5, 1951. Soon after, Engelbart left Ames to pursue graduate studies at the [[University of California, Berkeley]]. At Berkeley, he studied electrical engineering with a specialty in computers, earning his [[Master of Science]] (MS) in 1953 and his [[Doctor of Philosophy]] (PhD) in 1955.<ref name="cv">{{cite web|title=Curriculum Vitae|first1=Douglas|last1=Engelbart|publisher=The Doug Engelbart Institute|url=http://dougengelbart.org/about/cv.html|access-date=April 14, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120512082050/http://www.dougengelbart.org/about/cv.html|archive-date=May 12, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>