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Bill Gates Biographical Research Paper April 28, 1997 William Henry Gates, III

was born October 28, 1955 in Seattle, Washington. He was the middle child of

three born to William and Mary Gates. ATrey, as he was called because of the

III, was sent to a private school by his father, a lawyer, and mother, a former

teacher now on several prestigious boards (Moritz, 238). At age 13, Bill had

completely taught himself programming after taking a computer studies class.

After scoring a perfect 800 on the mathematics half of the SAT, he graduated from

Lakeside school and enrolled at Harvard University as a pre-law major. As a

student Gates was a wonder. He received an A in an economics class without

attending and cramming the night before the final exam. In June 1975, Bill Gates

dropped out of Harvard to pursue a career in computers full time. Later that year

after dropping out of Harvard he moved to New Mexico. There, he and Allen Kay

established...