Editing Paul Allen (section)

==Early life==
[[File:Paul Allen and Bill Gates at Lakeside School in 1970.jpg|thumb|Allen (left) with [[Bill Gates]] at [[Lakeside School (Seattle)|Lakeside School]] in 1970|upright=1]]
Allen was born on January 21, 1953, in [[Seattle]], Washington, to Kenneth Sam Allen (a librarian)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Pogrebin |first=Robin |date=September 23, 2022 |title=Opening Paul Allen's Treasure Chest |language=en-US |volume=172 |page=C14 |work=[[The New York Times]] |issue=59555 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/22/arts/design/paul-allen-collection-art-christies-auction.html |access-date=September 25, 2022 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> and Edna Faye (née Gardner) Allen<ref name="more than money">{{cite web |url=http://www.lib.washington.edu/support/endowments/allend |title=Kenneth S. and Faye G. Allen Library Endowment – UW Libraries |publisher=Lib.washington.edu |access-date=August 4, 2014 |archive-date=October 6, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006104654/http://www.lib.washington.edu/support/endowments/allend |url-status=live }}</ref> (a fourth-grade teacher).<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 4, 2012 |title=Paul Allen's Mother Dies at 90 |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/blog/techflash/2012/06/paul-allens-mother-dies-at-90.html |access-date=October 4, 2022 |website=Puget Sound Business Journal}}</ref> From 1965 to 1971 he attended [[Lakeside School (Seattle, Washington)|Lakeside School]],<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/obituaries/timeline-selected-events-in-the-life-of-paul-gardner-allen/|title=Timeline: Selected events in the life of Paul Gardner Allen|date=October 15, 2018|website=The Seattle Times}}</ref> a private school in Seattle where he befriended [[Bill Gates]], with whom he shared an enthusiasm for computers.<ref name="auto"/> They used Lakeside's [[Teletype Corporation|Teletype]] terminals to develop their programming skills on several [[time-sharing]] computer systems.<ref name="before microsoft">{{cite magazine |author=Paul Allen |url=http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2011/05/paul-allen-201105 |title=Microsoft's Odd Couple |magazine=Vanity Fair |date=May 2011 |access-date=August 4, 2014 |archive-date=April 13, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150413010135/http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2011/05/paul-allen-201105 |url-status=live }}</ref> They also used the laboratory of the Computer Science Department of the [[University of Washington]] for personal research and computer programming until they were banned in 1971 for abusing their privileges.<ref>Hannelore Sudermann, "Paul Allen, Welcome Back", ''Columns'' (University of Washington alumni magazine), June 2017, p. 16.</ref>

Gates and Allen joined with [[Ric Weiland]] and Gates' childhood best friend and first collaborator, Kent Evans, to form the Lakeside Programming Club and find bugs in [[Computer Center Corporation]]'s software, in exchange for extra computer time.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Leibovich |first=Mark |date=December 30, 2000 |title=Alter Egos: Two Sides of High-Tech Brain Trust Make Up a Powerful Partnership |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2000/12/31/alter-egos/91b267b0-858c-4d4e-a4bd-48f22e015f70/ |access-date=May 3, 2024 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref> In 1972, after Evans' sudden death due to a mountain climbing accident, Gates turned to Allen for help finishing an automated class scheduling system for Lakeside.{{r|leibovich20001231}} They then formed [[Traf-O-Data]] to make [[traffic counter]]s based on the [[Intel 8008]] processor. According to Allen, he and Gates would go [[dumpster diving]] during their teenage years for computer program code.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Idea Man: A Memoir by the Cofounder of Microsoft |last=Allen |first=Paul |publisher=Portfolio/Penguin |year=2012 |isbn=978-1-101-47645-1 |pages=40}}</ref>

Allen achieved a perfect [[SAT]] score of 1600<ref>[https://www.newsday.com/from-the-archives-twin-brothers-both-get-a-flawless-1600-on-the-sat-but-long-beach-seniors-simply-take-it-in-stride-1.6248090 From the archives: Twin brothers both get a flawless 1600 on the SAT, but Long Beach seniors simply take it in stride] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181016081406/https://www.newsday.com/from-the-archives-twin-brothers-both-get-a-flawless-1600-on-the-sat-but-long-beach-seniors-simply-take-it-in-stride-1.6248090 |date=October 16, 2018 }} Newsday</ref> and went to [[Washington State University]], where he joined the [[Phi Kappa Theta]] fraternity.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.phikaps.org/?page=alumnibookshelf |title=Alumni Bookshelf – Phi Kappa Theta Fraternity, Incorporated |publisher=Phikaps.org |access-date=August 4, 2014 |archive-date=June 23, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140623201139/http://www.phikaps.org/?page=alumnibookshelf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1996/11/06/us/high-tech-fraternity.html High-Tech Fraternity] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181016081447/https://www.nytimes.com/1996/11/06/us/high-tech-fraternity.html |date=October 16, 2018 }} The New York Times</ref><ref>[https://www.oregonlive.com/education/index.ssf/2010/12/paul_allen_to_give_26_million.html Paul Allen to give $26 million to Washington State University] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181016125931/https://www.oregonlive.com/education/index.ssf/2010/12/paul_allen_to_give_26_million.html |date=October 16, 2018 }} The Oregonian</ref> He dropped out of college after two years to work as a programmer for [[Honeywell]] in [[Boston]] near [[Harvard University]] where Gates was enrolled.<ref name="before microsoft"/> Allen convinced Gates to drop out of Harvard in order to found [[Microsoft]].<ref name=abc2007>[https://abcnews.go.com/Business/Technology/story?id=2857296&page=1 Paul Allen: World's Sixth-Richest Man and Bill Gates 'Quirky Twin'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181016081407/https://abcnews.go.com/Business/Technology/story?id=2857296&page=1 |date=October 16, 2018 }} ABC News</ref>