Background

Carlston, Douglas Gene was born on April 30, 1947 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Charles Edwin and Alice Frances (Swain) Carlston.

Education

Bachelor, Harvard University, 1970; postrgrad., Johns Hopkins University, 1970-1971; Juris Doctor, Harvard University, 1975.

Career

And Prince of Persia. Brøderbund was acquired by The Learning Company for United States$420 million, and the combined company was sold to Mattel for $3.6 billion. Carlston received his bachelor"s degree from Harvard University in 1970 and also studied economics at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.

He earned a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School in 1975.

Prior to founding Brøderbund in 1980, he was an attorney. As of April 2008, he serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Public Radio International (Institutional Revolutionary Party) and of the Carlston Family Foundation (formerly the Brøderbund Foundation), and serves on the Boards of the MoveOn Political Action Committee, the Ploughshares Fund, the Albanian American Enterprise Fund, Ampere-hour Belo Corporation and the Long Now Foundation.

He also serves on the Committee on University Resources of Harvard University, and the Board of Advisors of the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. In March 2014 Carlston donated company records, design documents and games from Brøderbund"s history to The National Museum of Play.

Achievements

• Douglas Gene Carlston has been listed as a noteworthy Computer software executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Software People, Inside the Computer Business

Membership

Member Software Public Association (president 1984-1986, chairman 1993-1994).

Interests

• Avocations: skiing, computer programming.

Connections

1 child, Colleen Mara.

Father:

Charles Edwin Carlston

Mother:

Alice Frances (Swain) Carlston

child:

Colleen Mara Carlston