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Donald B. Prell has had a 66-year eclectic career, starting  in WWII (1944) as a 2nd Lieutenant, Infantry in the  European Theater of Operations (Bronze Star, POW Medal,  and Purple Heart). He taught Statistics at the University of  London; headed his own Research and Development  company in the field of Molecular-Engineering; formed two  venture capital firms; coined the word "DATAMATION",  and with it in 1957, the first magazine devoted to the  computer industry; was a senior officer and member of the  management committee of two large California Banks  (Union Bank and Imperial Bank); served as President of  Imperial International Bank; and over the past fifty-five  years has made numerous contributions to the field of  Futurology.

 

Although his primary occupation has been as a Venture  Capitalist/Futurologist, he had a long-standing scholarly  interest in two diverse individuals: Edward John Trelawny  and Pierre Laval. His extensive collections of books and  other material by and about these two men are now housed  in the Special Collections of two Universities:

 

The Edward John Trelawny Collection is in the Special  Collections of the Honnold/Mudd Library, Claremont  Colleges, Claremont, California. The Pierre Laval Collection  is in Special Collections of the UCR Libraries, University of  California, Riverside.

 

December 10, 2010

Palm Springs, California