Aso tavitian biography of martin

Columbia University

Tavitian arrived in the United States in June of 1961, well past the time for acceptance decisions at colleges for that fall.

But once again, in the spirit of “anything is possible,” he applied late and was accepted at Columbia University with a full scholarship. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Nuclear engineering in 1964, followed by a master’s degree, again in nuclear engineering, in 1966.

Aso tavitian biography of martin

He then enrolled in the Doctoral program at Columbia. “I thought I wanted to be in academia and be a scientist,” he said.

He finished the required course and experimental work for his Doctoral studies by 1969, but while writing his thesis he changed his mind about being a scientist, and abandoned the doctoral program and became a participant in what was one of the first independent software companies.

It was the late 60s and an innovative period in the technology world was just beginning to bl