Editing Nolan Bushnell (section)

==Personal life==
Bushnell was born in 1943 in [[Clearfield, Utah]], in a middle-class family who were members of [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]].<ref name="inc bushnell 1984">{{cite magazine | url = https://www.inc.com/magazine/19841001/136.html | title = When The Magic Goes | first=  Steve | last = Goll | date = October 1, 1984 | access-date = April 2, 2021 | magazine = [[Inc. (magazine)|Inc.]] }}</ref><ref name="Metro1999"/> He attended [[Davis High School (Utah)|Davis High School]] in the nearby town of [[Kaysville, Utah]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ksl.com/article/29814938/4-famous-davis-high-alumni-from-the-last-100-years|title=4 famous Davis High alumni from the last 100 years}}</ref> Bushnell enrolled at [[Utah State University]] in 1961 to study engineering and then later business. In 1964, he transferred to the [[University of Utah]] [[University of Utah College of Engineering|College of Engineering]], where he graduated with a [[bachelor's degree]] in [[electrical engineering]].<ref name="ataridep1">{{Cite web|url=http://allincolorforaquarter.blogspot.com/2015/01/atari-depositions-part-1.html|title=The Golden Age Arcade Historian: Annotated Atari Depositions, Part 1|last=Smith|first=Keith|date=January 1, 2015|website=The Golden Age Arcade Historian|access-date=February 8, 2018}}</ref> He was a member of the [[Pi Kappa Alpha]] [[Fraternities and sororities|fraternity]].<ref name="NGen23">{{cite magazine|title=The Great Videogame Swindle?|magazine=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]|issue=23 |publisher=[[Imagine Media]] |date=November 1996|pages=64–68, 211–229}}</ref>

He married his first wife, Paula Rochelle Nielson, in 1966 and had two daughters; in 1969, they moved to California.<ref name="rise and fall chp2">{{cite book | title=  Zap! The Rise and Fall of Atari | first=  Scott |last= Cohen | date = 1984 | publisher =[[McGraw-Hill]] | isbn =9780070115439| chapter= Chapter 2 | pages=15–24 }}</ref> They divorced in 1975, just prior to Warner Communication's purchase of Atari.<ref name="rise and fall chp6">{{cite book | title=  Zap! The Rise and Fall of Atari | first=  Scott |last= Cohen | date = 1984 | publisher =[[McGraw-Hill]] | isbn =9780070115439| chapter= Chapter 6 | pages = 51–61 }}</ref><ref name="atari fun chp5">{{cite book | title = Atari Inc: Business is Fun | first1 = Marty | last1 = Goldberg | first2 = Curt | last2 = Vendel | year = 2012 | isbn = 978-0985597405 | publisher = Sygyzy Press | chapter=Chapter 5 }}</ref> Around the end of 1977, he married Nancy Nino, with whom he had six children.<ref>{{cite book |last=Kent | first= Steven | authorlink = Steven L. Kent |year=2001 |title=[[The Ultimate History of Video Games]] |publisher=[[Three Rivers Press]] |isbn=0-7615-3643-4 | chapter = Chapter 8: Strange Bedfellows }}</ref> He also used his profit from selling Atari to Warner to purchase the former mansion of coffee magnate [[J. A. Folger|James Folger]] in [[Woodside, California]].<ref name="rise and fall chp7">{{cite book | title=  Zap! The Rise and Fall of Atari | first=  Scott |last= Cohen | date = 1984 | publisher =[[McGraw-Hill]] | isbn =9780070115439| chapter= Chapter 7 | pages = 62–70 }}</ref>

Although he was a [[Latter-day Saint]] in his youth,<ref name="rise and fall chp2"/> by the time of his first divorce he had forgone the teachings often being called a "lapsed Mormon".<ref name="Metro1999">{{cite journal|last=Learmouth|first=Michael|title=No Pain, No Game|journal=Metro |date=September 16, 1999|url=http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/09.16.99/cover/bushnell2-9937.html|access-date=June 7, 2015}}</ref><ref name="inc bushnell 1984"/><ref>[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m5072/is_5_29/ai_n18766084/pg_3 Games people play] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151106133811/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m5072/is_5_29/ai_n18766084/pg_3 |date=November 6, 2015 }}</ref> He said that he stopped practicing the faith after he got into a debate over the interpretation of the Bible with a professor at the University of Utah's [[Institute of Religion]] while in college.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://labusinessjournal.com/news/2007/jan/29/games-people-play/ | title = Games People Play | date = January 29, 2007 | access-date = April 8, 2021 | work = [[Los Angeles Business Journal]] }}</ref>