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- Birth nameArnold Meyer Spielberg
- Arnold Spielberg was an American electrical engineer instrumental in contributions "to real-time data acquisition and recording that significantly contributed to the definition of modern feedback and control processes". For General Electric he designed, with his colleague Charles Propster, the GE-225 in 1959. He cited his greatest contribution to be the first computer-controlled "point of sale" cash register.
He is the father of American film director Steven Spielberg.
Arnold Spielberg was the son of Rebecca and Samuel Spielberg, who were both born in Ukraine, and immigrated to the United States.
In 1960, Arnold traveled to Moscow as part of a delegation of electrical engineers from Phoenix. The trip coincided with an incident that is the subject of the 2015 Steven Spielberg film "Bridge of Spies". He retired in 1991 but continued consulting for technology companies as well as working with the USC Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education, formerly Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation, an organization founded by his son Steven.
- IMDb mini biography by: Pedro Borges
- SpousesLeah Adler(February 25, 1945 - April 20, 1966) (divorced, 4 children)Bernice(? - 2016) (her death)
- Children
- RelativesSawyer Spielberg(Grandchild)Sasha Spielberg(Grandchild)Max Spielberg(Grandchild)Theo Spielberg(Grandchild)Destry Allyn Spielberg(Grandchild)
- World War II veteran whose war stories inspired his son Steven to make Saving Private Ryan (1998).
- Father, with ex-wife Leah Adler, of son Steven Spielberg, and daughters Nancy Spielberg, Sue Spielberg, and Anne Spielberg.
- Grandchildren (son Steven Spielberg's kids): Max (b. 1985), Theo (b. 1988), Sasha (b. 1990), Sawyer (b. 1992), Mikaela (b. 1996) and Destry (b. 1996).
- His pioneering career in electronics, technology, and computers earned him the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers' Computer Pioneer Award.
- He was part of the team which designed and won the patent for the first electronic cash register.
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