and contract programmers.

Since retiring from Atari at age 42, he has been concentrating on advocating science education (See “
The Great American Textbook Scandal
,” Forbes magazine, Oct. 30, 2000, for his work to improve the quality of science textbooks with the California Department of Education). Tramiel has also been a volunteer eighth-grade astronomy teacher for the past 10 years and has been volunteering at the Chabot Space and Science Center since 2000.

“I think that CFI’s mission of fostering a society based on reason and values is wonderful, in fact vital, for the future of humanity,” Tramiel said.

Tramiel fills a vacancy on the Board, created by the amicable resignation of Tom Casten, who resigned in December 2008.

The Center for Inquiry, a nonprofit, educational, advocacy, and
scientific-research think tank based in Amherst,as more than just a college town.

Best Tradition: This might not be as high-profile as some other traditions, but my favorite was seeing the Penn State players dressed in uniform pull up to Beaver Stadium in school buses painted PSU blue. Coach Joe Paterno is pretty much the definition of old school, and when you toss in thousands of rabid Nittany Lions greeting them with shrieks of delights, you know why I am saying this was the best.

The wheels on the bus go P-S-U.

Best Fight Song: As I've admitted, I'm a Michigan guy. However, I'm not going to say "The Victors." For my money, hearing 80,000 Longhorn fanatics singing "Texas Fight" in Darrell K Royal Stadium is what it's all about.

Best Player: If Missouri's Chase Daniel had played