Education
Frankston graduated in 1966 from Stuyvesant High School in New York City and in 1970 from Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Frankston graduated in 1966 from Stuyvesant High School in New York City and in 1970 from Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (1994) "for the invention of VisiCalc, a new metaphor for data manipulation that galvanized the personal computing industry"
Massachusetts Institute of Technology William L. Stewart Award for co-founding the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Student Information Processing Board. The Association for Computing Machinery Software System Award (1985)
The Washington Award (2001) from the Western Society of Engineers (with Bricklin)
In 2004, he was made a Fellow of the Computer History Museum "for advancing the utility of personal computers by developing the VisiCalc electronic spreadsheet."
In recent years, Frankston has been an outspoken advocate for reducing the role of telecommunications companies in the evolution of the internet, particularly with respect to broadband and mobile communications. He coined the term "Regulatorium" to describe what he considers collusion between telecommunication companies and their regulators that prevents change.