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Donald Bitzer
Led development of the PLATO computer-based teaching system at the University of Illinois in the 1960s.
Donald Lester Bitzer (January 1, 1934 – December 10, 2024) was an American electrical engineer and computer scientist.
He was the co-inventor of the plasma display and was widely regarded as the "father of PLATO ".
Summarize biography Donald Bitzer was an American electrical engineer and computer scientist known as the "father of PLATO," an early computer-assisted education system that combined graphics with interactive input.
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