Ralph H. Baer

Game Designer

Birthday March 8, 1922

Birth Sign Pisces

Birthplace Rodalben, Germany

DEATH DATE Dec 6, 2014 (92)

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About

Known as the Father of Video Games, he invented the home console that led to the explosion of the video-game industry.

Before Fame

He was a designer of signaling equipment for IBM while working as a senior engineer at Loral Electronics in 1951.

Trivia

He was a Life Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

Family Life

He was raised by his Jewish parents in the anti-Semitic environment of Germany in the 1930s. When his family escaped to America, he worked at a factory job that paid twelve dollars a week.

Associated With

He was awarded the National Medal of Technology by George W. Bush in 2006.