Tampa in Hillsborough County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)
Mark E. Dean
Florida Inventors Hall of Fame
Photographed by Brandon D Cross
1. Mark E. Dean Marker
Mark E. Dean
University of Tennessee Professor Emeritus
Former IBM Chief Technology Officer of the Middle East and Africa
Boca Raton
Recognized for revolutionizing personal computer technologies as one of the original inventors of the Industry Standard Architecture "bus"; as well as inventor on three of the nine patents for the original IBM PC; and leader of the team that developed the one-gigahertz processor chip.
Erected 2021 by Florida Inventors Hall of Fame.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Education • Science & Medicine.
Location. 28° 3.431′ N, 82° 24.926′ W. Marker is in Tampa, Florida, in Hillsborough County. It can be reached from USF Alumni Drive 0.1 miles west of Leroy Collins Boulevard, on the left when traveling west. The Florida Inventors Hall of Fame is located at the Research and Innovation Park on the University of South Florida campus. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 3720 Spectrum Boulevard, Tampa FL 33612, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is on Florida’s Tampa Bay. It is also in the American South and on the Gulf Coast. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: T. Dwayne McCay and Mary Helen McCay (here, next to this marker); Shin-Tyson Wu (here, next to this marker); Kenneth M. Ford (here, next to this marker); Norma A. Alcantar (here,
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Also see . . .
1. Mark E. Dean. (Submitted on May 8, 2024, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida.)
2. Honoring the Greatest Florida Inventors. (Submitted on May 8, 2024, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida.)
Photographed by Brandon D Cross
2. Mark E. Dean Marker
Photographed by Florida Inventors Hall of Fame
3. Mark E. Dean
Credits. This page was last revised on May 9, 2024. It was originally submitted on May 8, 2024, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. This page has been viewed 185 times since then and 43 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on May 8, 2024, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
