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	Steve Kirsch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		An empathetic instructor at a Computer Learning Center introduced him to the IBM 360, and within a year, the youngster wound up sneaking into a computer lab at UCLA, where Vinton Cerf and his team were working on the fledgling ARPANET, and welcomed him with open arms.
		Kirsch was soon programming an email system and parts of an operating system.
		At the suggestion of Cerf, Kirsch matriculated at MIT, where he graduated with a bachelor's degree and master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science in 1980.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Steve_Kirsch (278 words)

	Steve Kirsch -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Steven T. Kirsch invented and owns a (An official document granting a right or privilege) patent on the (additional info and facts about optical mouse) optical mouse.
		Kirsch was soon programming an ((computer science) a system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that is generated at the recipient's terminal when he logs in) email system and parts of an operating system.
		At the suggestion of (additional info and facts about Cerf) Cerf, Kirsch matriculated at (An engineering university in Cambridge) MIT, where he graduated with a (additional info and facts about bachelor's degree) bachelor's degree and (additional info and facts about master's degree) master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science in 1980.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/st/steve_kirsch.htm (325 words)

	The Chronicle, 6/14/2001: The Richest Link
		Kirsch is credited, among other things, with inventing the optical mouse, which uses an optical sensor rather than a mechanical ball to manipulate the cursor on a computer screen.
		Kirsch, who is chairman, says he is satisfied with the arrangement, which allows him more say over the fund's giving plan and its investment portfolio than if it had remained a donor-advised fund.
		Kirsch is still probably best known in the world of philanthropy for taking the lead in a rescue effort for one of the most traditional charitable organizations, the local United Way -- though the money he helped to raise went directly to charities affected by the shortfall.
	philanthropy.com /free/articles/v13/i17/17002001.htm (2289 words)

	Kirsch Foundation About the Founders
		Steve and Michele Kirsch are philanthropists who are blazing a new trail for charitable giving and political advocacy throughout the high-tech community, particularly Silicon Valley.
		Steve and Michele Kirsch are convinced that their financial resources need to be strategically deployed in order to address core issues in medicine, the environment, political reform, elimination of nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction, and the community.
		Steve was not only being honored for his outstanding contributions to the community, but also because of his work to inspire others to take steps that will bring about similar, meaningful results, both immediate and long-term.
	www.kirschfdtn.com /who/about.html (1477 words)

	Metroactive News & Issues \| Public Eye
		E-Donor: Infoseek chief Steve Kirsch donated $20,000 to local Assemblyman Jim Cunneen after the legislator successfully got a bill passed that allows the high-tech exec to drive solo in the carpool lane in his electric car.
		Infoseek chairman Steve Kirsch, who is worth an estimated $300 million, is better known for his generous donations to charities than for helping politicians.
		Kirsch's enthusiasm for the lame-duck assembly member coincides with the passage of AB 71, a bill authored by Cunneen that allows solo drivers of electric cars and other low-emission vehicles to use freeway carpool lanes during rush hour.
	www.metroactive.com /papers/metro/10.28.99/public-eye-9943.html (1117 words)

	The Kirsch Foundation Awards $2 Million for an Environmental Studies Center
		Michele Kirsch, a former real estate broker, is a full-time law student at Santa Clara University, is an active community volunteer, and is raising a family with her husband.
		In April, the Kirsches were ranked No. 96 in Worth magazine's annual list of the "100 Most Generous Americans." In May, Steve Kirsch and the Kirsch Foundation received the Outstanding Leadership Award from the American Lung Association of the Bay Area for promoting the use of zero emission vehicles (ZEVs).
		Steve Kirsch and the Foundation were instrumental in the passage of AB 71 which goes into effect July 1, 2000 and allows single-passenger, zero-emission vehicles in carpool lanes.
	www.deanza.fhda.edu /marketing/press/060500-esb-grant.html (1600 words)

	A new way of giving -- Los Altos Town Crier
		Steve Kirsch is a true believer that "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." To prove it, the founder of Infoseek, a major Internet search provider, uses some of his millions to address a variety of causes, from support for electric vehicle legislation to research for hidden asteroids.
		"Steve Kirsch is emerging as one of the really fine philanthropic leaders in the local community," said Peter Hero, president of the Community Foundation of Silicon Valley.
		Kirsch is that rare individual who possesses people skills to go with his extraordinary technical ability.
	latc.com /1999/09/15/news/coversto1.html (1616 words)

	CBS News \| Eye-Popping Home Entertainment \| January 30, 2004 05:55:57
		Kirsch, along with his wife Michelle, has donated millions to charities through their Kirsch Foundation and they've also given a considerable amount of money to causes and candidates.
		Kirsch's home office doesn't look all that different from most, except for a panel to the left of his computer that he can use to control his lights, audio system and video entertainment.
		Steve Kirsch is a leading edge guy willing and able to pay to stay ahead of the curve.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2004/01/30/scitech/pcanswer/main596806.shtml (1001 words)

	kirsch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		It was the perfect excuse for giving, says Steve Kirsch, ’78 EE, of his $2.5 million gift to the new Ray and Maria Stata Center for computer, information, and intelligence sciences at MIT.
		Kirsch, 42, has been a member of the Undergraduate Education and Student Affairs Visiting Committee since 1997 and the MIT Club of Northern California; since 1985, serving as vice president from 1985-88 and 1990-92.
		Kirsch said jokingly that he regretted that his gift does not address "the most difficult technical problem" traditionally faced by MIT students: "how to get a date." Kirsch met his wife, Michele, in California after graduation.
	web.mit.edu /buildings/statacenter/kirsch.htm (557 words)

	ITworld.com - Propel's CEO, Steve Kirsch, talks about creating a standard platform for developing and deploying ...
		Kirsch: We're going after mid- to high-end e-commerce sites because it's relatively easy to create an e-commerce site where reliability, scalability, and availability is not a problem.
		Kirsch: We're doing that by controlling the architecture much more so than other people in this space, and actually by dictating the components that should be used and how they fit together.
		Kirsch: We think that it's silly that virtually all e-commerce sites have to reinvent the wheel in terms of usability because there's a lot of paradigms that are very common when you go from e-commerce site to e-commerce site.
	www.itworld.com /AppDev/1472/IW000331hnhotkirsch (1491 words)

	Soft money flows via states / Reform loophole allows parties to conceal donations
		Steve T. Kirsch, a founder of Infoseek and CEO of San Jose-based Propel, sent a total of $150,000 to New Mexico and Nevada on Oct. 26.
		Kirsch, in an interview with the Chronicle, said he was not ashamed to be the biggest contributor to state parties.
		Kirsch still supports the goals of reformers, including public financing of campaigns, but thinks it's necessary in the meantime to "balance the contributions that are coming from special interests and right-wing conservatives."
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2002/06/26/MN108425.DTL (977 words)

	Big Thinkers - Steve Kirsch
		Steve Kirsch, 42, was chairman and founder of Infoseek Corporation, a leading Internet navigation service.
		Steve and his wife Michele have a $75M charitable fund and have donated over $10M to charitable causes over the past 5 years.
		Steve was the keynote speaker at the SIGIR (Special Interest Group on Information Retrieval) conference in Australia (Aug 24-28).
	www.kurzweilai.net /bios/bio0126.html (357 words)

	Management Team (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Steve is also an active philanthropist and together with his wife Michele, started a $75 million foundation, which donates to a wide variety of charitable causes.
		In 1999, Steve and Michele were named Outstanding Philanthropists of the Year by the Silicon Valley chapter of the National Society of Fund Raising Executives, and recognized by Slate Magazine as the 8th largest charitable givers in America.
		Steve holds both B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
	www.propel.com /about/leadership/bios/skirsch.jsp (181 words)

	199510242 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Steve told me he had a friend named Tim who had stored some information on my computer and that he (Steve) needed to retrieve the info.
		Steve said that seven hundred pages of Tim’s info was on the computer.
		Steve pointed out that Tim was also standing right next to us and listening to what Steve said, so Tim obviously didn't mind if Steve had access to the info.
	www.angelfire.com /tx2/vogelein/1995/199510242.htm (812 words)

	Techdirt:Suing Fax.com For $500 Billion
		Apparently, it's not a smart idea to piss off Steve Kirsch (who I've made fun of in the past).
		Following closely on the heals of the FCCs decision to fine Fax.com $5.38 million for violating fax laws, Kirsch is suing the company for $500 billion (yes, with a b).
		In suits filed today in state and federal courts, software company owner Steve Kirsch and another plaintiff seek the damages provided by law, $500 for each unsolicited commercial fax over the last four years.
	www.techdirt.com /articles/20020822/1327227.shtml (292 words)

	To: JHTC members and friends (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Steve said he wrote his speech on this little piece of paper, holding up a crumpled white quarter sheet of standard binder paper.
		Steve then relayed the story of how he was asked to give this speech.
		Steve explained that the Bellagio Hotel was the most expensive hotel ever built at $1.5 billion dollars.
	www.linkllc.com /articles/JHTC/SK012199.htm (3313 words)

	Groundbreaking ceremony held for Kirsch Center at De Anza College -- Los Altos Town Crier
		Leading the symbolic groundbreaking effort for the new Kirsch Environmental Education Center at De Anza College are, front from left, Dr. Donald Aitken; Becky Morgan; Julie Phillips, head of the environmental studies department; Michele and Steve Kirsch; Judy Miner, interim De Anza president; and Martha Kanter, chancellor of the Foothill-De Anza Community College District.
		Former State Sen. Becky Morgan and Steve and Michele Kirsch of Los Altos Hills, for whom the center is named, led a host of proud campus dignitaries who proclaimed the new center an investment in future generations of community college students.
		Michele and Steve, a technology entrepreneur and environmentalist, contributed $2 million to the center through their foundation.
	latc.com /2004/02/04/schools/news01.html (611 words)

	Metroactive News & Issues \| Public Eye
		Giving It All Away: High-tech exec Steve Kirsch, a booster of campaign finance reform, gave a local state lawmaker's committee $100,000 just two weeks before a new voter-approved law would have prohibited such a generous contribution.
		The latest local beneficiary of Kirsch's generosity is new Assemblyman Joe Simitian (D-Palo Alto), whose committee got a $100,000 check from the high-tech honcho Dec. 18--two weeks before Proposition 34 would go into effect limiting individual donations to state legislators to $3,000.
		Both Kirsch and Simitian openly say the timing of the donation was intended to avoid the new state limits.
	www.metroactive.com /papers/metro/02.08.01/public-eye-0106.html (1084 words)

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		Kirsch is now the founder and CEO of Propel Software, which develops acceleration software for the Internet.
		Kirsch has been involved with the Internet since 1972, when he worked at the first Arpanet node as a systems programmer while attending high school.
		Recently Kirsch sat down with his former employee, Wells, to discuss search—its evolution and future.
	filebox.vt.edu /y/yezhou/data/gigablast.htm (4031 words)

	Kirsch vs. Fax.com (debris.com - online journal of matthew mcglynn)
		Yesterday, Kirsch filed a lawsuit against junk-fax “king” Fax.com, claiming $2,200,000,000,000 in damages.
		Coming just two weeks after the FCC fined fax.com $5,379,000, this lawsuit sounds a lot like another nail in the fax.com coffin.
		I find it tremendously refreshing that someone with Kirsch’s determination and resources is focused on an issue like this.
	www.debris.com /journal/506 (134 words)

	J A of Santa Clara County Hall of Fame (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Steve has been involved with the Internet and high-tech companies
		Steve is also an active philanthropist and, together with his wife
		Steve holds both B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering and
	www.jascc.org /hall/hfskirsch.htm (188 words)

	The "Secret" Steven Kirsch Pages... [Free Republic]
		that Steve Kirsch spent against Bush and his vehement support of Gore during the Florida recount litigation prompted me to further explore his website.
		Kirsch for someone who is smart enough to invent a dot.com I'm disappointed that you are so naive about the democratic party.
		Steve you must admit, the above again shows that you were not attempting to expose fraudulent and misleading activities.
	www.freerepublic.com /forum/a3a4aa4db1e6b.htm (2564 words)

	CBS News \| Defining The Good Life \| August 14, 2005 10:30:10
		So Steve decided to start a foundation, giving away tens of millions of dollars to charity.
		And the Kirsch's say that underwriting projects such as an energy efficient environmental center at a local community college has made life richer.
		What's more, despite popular notions that suggest the key to personal fulfillment is acquiring more money to buy more and fancier stuff, it turns out that "as long as you're not in poverty, money has nothing to do with whether you find happiness or fulfillment in life," explains author Greg Easterbrook.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2005/08/14/sunday/printable777041.shtml (924 words)

	CNN Transcript - Early Edition: Infoseek.com, Propell Founder Steve Kirsch Discusses Impact of California Power ...
		In fact, I was at a traffic light at the time that the power outage hit, and I thought it was just a single light that had failed.
		KIRSCH: Well, I think for a company of our size, the cost of a lawsuit is really prohibitive, and that we'd rather be taking defensive measures and trying to work with the legislature to try to get something, a plan and a vision established and some deadlines for a solution.
		KIRSCH: I think that, for a number of companies, it's going to put a huge stress on their company.
	transcripts.cnn.com /TRANSCRIPTS/0101/19/ee.06.html (917 words)

	US junk fax war hots up \| The Register
		In 2002, Kirsch initiated a $2.2 trillion dollar class action lawsuit against Fax.com and started a website dedicated to putting an end to junk faxes.
		Kirsch claims that Fax.com didn't remove his phone number when asked, "even after I got a confirming email from them saying I was removed".
		The Fax.com lawsuit, however, alleges that Kirsch's site constitutes an "unauthorized practice of law" and accuses him of conspiring to encourage consumers to file frivolous lawsuits to "vex and annoy" the company.
	www.theregister.co.uk /2004/07/19/us_junk_fax_wars (452 words)

	Business 2.0 - Web Guide - Kirsch, Steve -e1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The foundation is, "committed to an extensive array of issues and causes, ranging from curing cancer and other major diseases, to cleaning up the air, to supporting local Silicon Valley nonprofit organizations."
		Ethicist Thomas Shanks and Propel CEO Steve Kirsch are trying to make it a way of life."
		"Steve Kirsch, 42, was chairman and founder of Infoseek Corporation, a leading Internet navigation service." Comprehensive site on Kirsch.
	www.business2.com /b2/webguide/0,17811,16209,00.html (190 words)

	Searcher: AN Internet "virtual library" builder: Steve Kirsch, president, CEO, InfoSeek Corporation.(Interview)@ ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		These days more and more information professionals find themselves involved in developing Internet-based information environments, as well as acting as hunters and huntresses for specific pieces of information.
		We considered that an interview with Steve Kirsch, founder of InfoSeek, might provide some insights to this development process, as he is the leader of a company committed to indexing the vast array of resources on the Internet as well as the full-text parallels of traditional print sources.
		Kirsch is founder and former president of Frame Technology and founder and former...
	highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?docid=1G1:17271211&refid=ink_tptd_mag (218 words)

	Steve Kirsch, registered Republican & founder of Infoseek, begins last minute anti-Bush campaign [Free Republic]
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		Yahoo is now running the Steve Kirsch banner ad at the tiop of it's: travel.yahoo.com site
		Well, if JimRob hadn't pulled my other posts, we could call Steve on his cellphone and let him know what we think about this most recent donation...
	www.freerepublic.com /forum/a3a0770541a44.htm (973 words)

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