David L. Fulton

Who is David L. Fulton?

David Fulton is the most important private collector of Cremonese instruments living today. Born in 1944, he grew up in Eugene, Oregon, playing the violin from an early age. He studied mathematics at the University of Chicago, and was concertmaster of the University of Chicago Symphony while he was there.

After graduation from Chicago and a brief stint working for an insurance company interrupted by service in the Air Force, Dr. Fulton studied mathematical statistics at the University of Connecticut, where he received his Ph.D. in 1970. During this period he continued to perform professionally with the Hartford Symphony Orchestra as a violinist. In 1970 he founded the Department of Computer Science at Bowling Green State University serving as Professor and Chairman for ten years. While still at Bowling Green, he co-founded Fox Software, which ultimately gained international recognition for its database management application, FoxPro. Following the sale of Fox Software to Microsoft in 1992, Dr. Fulton served as Microsoft’s Vice President for Database Products until his retirement in 1994. Since then he has pursued his life’s passions, including assembling his collection of stringed instruments and bows.