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{{Person | {{Person | ||
|Names=Gale Morris | |Names=Gale Preston Morris | ||
|Birth date= | |Birth date=1935-05-31 | ||
|Birth place= | |Birth place=Berkeley, CA | ||
|Death date= | |Death date=2023-03-10 | ||
|Death place= | |Death place= | ||
|Countries= | |Countries= | ||
|Affiliations=Tektronix; | |Affiliations=Tektronix; | ||
|Wikidata id= | |Wikidata id= | ||
}} | }} attended high school in Portland, OR before receiving bachelor's degree in industrial design from the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles. The same year (1958) he joined Tektronix as the company's first industrial designer, and established Tek's industrial design department. | ||
His initial responsibility was the design of Tek's instrument carts, e.g., the [[202|Type 202]]. | |||
According to Morris' 2017 account (''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SESxlqvbzig The history of the Tektronix 453 Oscilloscope]'' @ YouTube), the [[453]], which was introduced in 1965, was the first Tek scope where industrial designers were "fully engrossed" in the design. The success of that instrument – IBM purchased a significant quantity based on the usability – led to this becoming the norm at Tek. | |||
==Links== | ==Links== | ||
* [https://vintagetek.org/gale-morris/ Gale Morris] @ vintagetek.org | * [https://vintagetek.org/gale-morris/ Gale Morris] @ vintagetek.org | ||
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_p5YsIImMY Gale Morris' 2017 account of his 1969 presentation on the 7000-series industrial design] @ YouTube | |||
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SESxlqvbzig The history of the Tektronix 453 Oscilloscope] @ YouTube | |||
* [https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/gale-morris-obituary?id=51462072 Gale Morris Obituary] | |||
{{Patents|Gale Morris}} | {{Patents|Gale Morris}} | ||