[game_edu] Video Trail Blazer's Collection Donated to ICHEG

[Trien, Susan]

Hi all!

We have some good news to share this post-turkey week!
The Strong's International Center for the History of Electronic Games Receives Donation Chronicling the Career of Video Game Industry Trail Blazer Gerald ("Jerry") Lawson
The family of Gerald A. ("Jerry") Lawson (1940-2011), called the "father of the video game cartridge" and one of the first African American engineers in the world of electronics, has donated to The Strong's International Center for the History of Electronic Games (ICHEG)  in Rochester, New York, a collection of materials chronicling Lawson's innovative contributions to the video game industry.
Read more about the Lawson collection on the following press release and blog.
Lawson Donation<http://www.thestrong.org/press/releases/1969/12/4675-icheg-receives-gerald-jerry-lawson-donation>
Lawson Blog <http://www.icheg.org/blog/chegheads/>

Please let me know If you need anything additional. Susan


Susan Trien
Senior Director of Public Relations & Advertising
The Strong
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