Lamont-Doherty Mourns IT Exec and Entrepreneur Edward Botwinick BS’58 – State of the Planet
Columbia mourns the loss of Edward Botwinick ’56CC, BS’58 and emeritus member of the LDEO Board, who passed away Jan. 24, 2025. Botwinick was an IT entrepreneur, a pioneer in the area of time-division multiplexing and a strong supporter of Columbia University and Columbia Football.
Botwinick received his BA in physics from Columbia College in 1956 and his BS in electrical engineering in 1958. He began his career working for US Semiconductor in 1958 and co-founded Silicon Transistor Corp. in 1960. From 1963 to 1967, he served as president and principal shareholder of Quantum Inc., a tape drive and scalable file storage manufacturer.
In 1969, Botwinick helped found the data communications firm Timeplex, Inc., which became a leading provider of T1-based networks. For decades, T-1 ba...