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AGE 1-10

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AGE 10

Growing up in Utah in the 1940s, Bushnell had a childhood typical of a budding inventor. His early inspirations included a third grade science project on electricity. His early setbacks included nearly burning down his family’s garage with a homemade liquid-fuel rocket mounted on a roller skate.

AGE 13

IN HIGH SCHOOL

In his first year of High School at the age of 15 he endured a massive heartbreak losing his Father, a cement contractor. Bushnell with minimal to no experience, stepped in to complete his father's remaining contracts, earning his first exposure to the business world.

IN COLLEGE / UNIVERSITY

Bushnell enrolled at Utah State University in 1961 to study engineering and then later business. In 1964, he transferred to the University of Utah College of Engineering, where he graduated with a Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering.

Childhood & Early Life

He was born in Clearfield, Utah on 5th February, 1943. He grew up in the ‘The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’.During his high school and college days he was employed at the ‘Lagoon Amusement Park’. It was at the recreation centre that he first saw the interest people had for gaming. He then joined the ‘University Of Utah College Of Engineering’ and in 1968, he earned a BS degree in electrical engineering from the institute. He was also associated with the frat group named ‘Pi Kappa Alpha’. The ‘University of Utah’ carried on research on computer graphics programme and Nolan was one among the few students who played the ‘Spacewar!’ game during that period of time. The university developed many versions of the Spacewar game.