Bruce Daniels

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{{Short description|American hydroclimatologist and computer programmer}}

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Bruce Daniels is an American hydroclimatologist, business executive and computer programmer. He is known in Silicon Valley as one of the pioneers of the personal computer and user-friendly interfaces.

Daniels earned his Ph.D. from the University of California at Santa Cruz after receiving an Sc.B. and S.M. in computer science from MIT. He specializes in water-related impacts of climate change, especially in the American West. His contributions to decisions concerning California water quality date to 2003, when he was appointed to the state's Regional Water Quality Control Board.{{Cite web|url = http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pdf/SenateJournal-03-04v1.pdf|title = record of the California State Senate|last =|first =|date =|website =|publisher =|access-date =}} In 2011, he was honored as an ARCS Scholar in Northern California.{{cite web |url=https://www.arcsfoundation.org/northern_california/meet-scholars |title=Meet the Scholars | ARCS Northern California |website=www.arcsfoundation.org |access-date=January 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306171523/https://www.arcsfoundation.org/northern_california/meet-scholars |archive-date=March 6, 2016 |url-status=dead}} In 2016, he serves as the elected president of the board of directors of the Soquel Creek Water District in Santa Cruz County, California.[http://www.soquelcreekwater.org/content/board-directors Soquelcreekwater.org] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111009092445/http://www.soquelcreekwater.org/content/board-directors |date=October 9, 2011 }} Also in 2010, Bruce Daniels advanced to Ph.D. Candidacy in Hydro-Climatology at UCSC.

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Daniels has also been a computer programmer and business executive who has worked for Hewlett-Packard, Apple Computer, Oracle, Borland, Sun Microsystems and his own start-up, Singular Software, which created relational database management software for the Apple Macintosh.[http://www.saveourshores.org/about/science-advisory-council.php Save Our Shores bio] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110905081941/http://www.saveourshores.org/about/science-advisory-council.php |date=September 5, 2011 }} He was a lead programmer for the Macintosh,[http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/05/29/a-behind-the-scenes-look-at-the-development-of-apples-lisa/ "An Interview with Wayne Rosing, Bruce Daniels, and Larry Tesler: A behind the scenes look at the development of Apple's Lisa,"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110921072421/http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/05/29/a-behind-the-scenes-look-at-the-development-of-apples-lisa/ |date=September 21, 2011 }} Byte, February 1983, p.90+ and a software manager for the Apple Lisa.{{Cite web|url = https://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1240739|title = Facepunch article and photo of Bruce Daniels with the Lisa team|last =|first =|date =|website =|publisher =|access-date =}} When he was still a student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he was one of the creators of an early personal computer game, Zork.[http://www.infocom-if.org/company/company.html History of Infocom]