Harold Yarborough

Contact: hyarb@yahoo.com

Peter Yianilos

After leaving Nova I attended Emory University receiving B.S. and M.S. degrees in mathematics -- and later a Ph.D. in computer science from Princeton University.

I founded Proximity Technology Inc., a software lab that, most notably, produced the spelling/language software inside many word processors and typewriters, and the PF474 chip. My design for a hand-held speller was first implemented by Franklin Computer, and Proximity later merged with them to create Franklin Electronic Publishers. I served there as President and Chief Scientist leading a great team that created the world's first line of hand-held electronic books: spellers, dictionaries, encyclopedias, bibles, etc. I left Franklin in 1991 to return to research but several million are still sold each year world-wide.

Today I'm busy with a number of new research projects and am affiliated with several local institutions here in Princeton. I'm also involved with my brother Tom in a new software business venture --- and am proud to have cofounded the Princeton Charter School where I serve as President of its Board of Trustees (we'd love to build a theatre!).

I live in Princeton with my wife Angela and kids Nicholas, Jonathan, Geoffrey, and Lauren. We spend most of each summer in Ft. Lauderdale.

Contact: pny@research.nj.nec.com
Web Site: http://www.neci.nj.nec.com/homepages/pny/

Tommy Yianilos

After Graduating from Nova High School in 1977, I attended the University of Florida and Received a Bachelor's Degree in Construction Engineering in1981.

I joined my brother Peter at his then brand new company, Proximity Technology. It was a long way from Construction but the market in 1981 was not great. In 1990 when Franklin (Proximity's new parent company) decided to move the company to New Jersey, my family and I decided to pass.

I immediately got involved with another software company in Coral Gables called Cybernetics and was 1/2 of the team that turned the company around. In 1996, Cybernetics was sold to a public company. I stayed around for 1 year and then moved on to another start-up with Peter called Netrics.com. In 1999, I finally started in the construction business and have now constructed over 175 homes.

http:\\www.waterbrookbuilders.com

I have been married to Mindy since May of 1986 and we have two sons. Andrew is 21 (University of Florida) and Michael is 19 (Florida State University). We live in the same East Fort Lauderdale neighborhood that I grew up in.

Contact: tyianilos@msn.com