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G. Pascal Zachary
Zachary is a passionate, discerning jazz fan with a lifetime in publishing, media and higher education
About Me
G. Pascal Zachary is a writer and educator, specializing in the history technological change, 20th century American history, the quest for enhanced consciousness and African affairs with an emphasis on traditional African art. He is the author of “Endless Frontier: Vannevar Bush, Engineer of the American Century” (1997) and editor of “The Essential Writings of Vannevar Bush” (Columbia University Press, 2022). He has taught at Arizona State University (2010-2020), Stanford University (2007-2009) and the University of California at Berkeley (2001-2002). He consulted on technology and development for the Gates Foundation (2007-2009) and has made more than 50 research visits to sub-Saharan Africa this century. Zachary is the author of “The Diversity Advantage: Multicultural Identity in the New World Economy” (2003) and “Showstopper” (1994), a “creation story” about the making of the Windows NT program at Microsoft. For the PBS network, he co-wrote Code Rush, on the rise and fall of Netscape (2000). Zachary lives in northern California with his wife, Chizo Okon; he chronicled their adventures in “Married to Africa: A Love Story” (2009).
