---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Florida SunFlash Leading Expert In Software Development Technology Joins Sun Labs SunFLASH Vol 40 #12 April 1992 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. --April 7, 1992-- One of the world's leading experts in programming environments, Dr. L. Peter Deutsch, 45, has joined Sun Microsystems Laboratories, Inc. (SMLI), the advanced research subsidiary of Sun Microsystems, Inc. Besides being widely known for his contributions to software development technology, Dr. Deutsch has long conducted pioneering work in the field of object-oriented programming, which has since emerged as a next-generation technique that virtually all leading computer companies plan to employ. He has been named a Sun Fellow one of just three within all of Sun Microsystems and is helping plan future software development technologies and software architectures at SMLI. Most recently, Dr. Deutsch spent five years as chief scientist at ParcPlace Systems, where he guided development of the company's Smalltalk products. He also spent more than 14 years with Xerox at the company's renowned Palo Alto Research Center (PARC). Early in his tenure there, he was one of a select group many members of which have since become famous who designed and implemented various aspects of the Alto. This legendary system served as a model for many of today's advanced computer features. Throughout his time at PARC, Dr. Deutsch was involved with many important projects pushing the state of the art in programming environments and languages. In the area of object-oriented programming, his work helped pave the way for practical implementation of this technique. From 1969 to 1971, he was a principal in Berkeley Computer Corp., helping design the hardware architecture as well as the software environment for a new large-scale time-sharing system. Dr. Deutsch has worked as a consultant to various organizations, such as the Rockford Research Institute, Stanford Research Institute and the U.S. Navy, where he helped the Pacific Fleet move from batch to interactive development on shipboard software. Even as an undergraduate, he was performing important work as a key member of Project Genie at the University of California at Berkeley. This mid-1960s research project developed the first commercially available, general-purpose time-sharing system. He has taught classes at U.C. Berkeley as well as at Stanford University and was a visiting scientist at the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Deutsch was awarded a B.A. in mathematics and a Ph.D. in computer science at U.C. Berkeley. He is the author of numerous papers and articles and has lectured extensively worldwide. Sun Microsystems Laboratories, Inc., performs advanced development that is then utilized by the subsidiaries of Sun Microsystems, Inc., the world's leading supplier of workstations and servers. Sun Microsystems, founded in 1982 and headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., is a multi-billion dollar corporation doing business worldwide. PR contact: Sun Microsystems Laboratories, Inc. Leiann Lee (415) 336-0597 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ For information send mail to info-sunflash@sunvice.East.Sun.COM. Subscription requests should be sent to sunflash-request@sunvice.East.Sun.COM. Archives are on solar.nova.edu, paris.cs.miami.edu, uunet.uu.net, src.doc.ic.ac.uk and ftp.adelaide.edu.au All prices, availability, and other statements relating to Sun or third party products are valid in the U.S. only. Please contact your local Sales Representative for details of pricing and product availability in your region. Descriptions of, or references to products or publications within SunFlash does not imply an endorsement of that product or publication by Sun Microsystems. John McLaughlin, SunFlash editor, flash@sunvice.East.Sun.COM. (305) 776-7770.