Marc Regis Hannah
EARLY LIFE:
Marc Hannah, born on October 13, 1956, in Chicago, Illinois, graduated from the Illinois Institute of Technology in 1977 with a bachelors degree in electrical engineering. One year later, he finished his masters degree from Stanford University and in 1985 finished his Ph.D.
CONTRIBUTIONS:
Along with 6 partners, Marc founded the Silicon Graphics Inc. in 1982. While part of his company, Marc created several computer programs such as Personal IRIS, and improved a chip that one of his co-workers created, by both, increasing the processing speeds, and cutting the price of the chip down, in turn causing it to be more accessible to the public. His chip was then used for the graphics in Star Wars, Beuty and the Beast, Aladdin, Jurassic Park, many Michel Jackson videos, and more. A later graphics chip that he designed was for the Nintendo Switch, which was both smalller and kept the price of the toy to only 250$!
LATER CAREER:
After 1990, when Hannah became co-owner of Rondeau Bay, a construction firm in Oakland, California, he became part of more small companies, and now holds over a dozen patents.RESOURCES:
https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/marc-hannah-41https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/hannah-marc-regis-1956/
https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/hannah-marc-1956