Len Shustek

Who is Len Shustek?

Leonard J. Shustek is chairman of the board of trustees of the Computer History Museum located in Mountain View, California. After earning his PhD from Stanford University, he became an assistant professor of computer science at Carnegie Mellon University. After leaving the faculty, he co-founded Nestar Systems in 1979, and Network General in 1986. In 2003, he provided a $2.5 million endowment for the "Leonard J. Shustek Distinguished Professor of Computer Science Chair" at Polytechnic Institute of New York University.

In 1972, Shustek proposed using microcode for evaluating the performance of computer systems.