The Bob Moog Memorial Foundation for Electronic

Bob Moog was born in Queens, New York on May 23, 1934 to George and Shirley Moog. Growing up, he considered himself geeky and socially awkward, and identified his passion for electronics by the time he was ten years old. From an early age Bob built small radios, amps, three-note organs and other such projects in the basement workshop with his father, George Moog, an electrical engineer for Con Edison. At age 14, Bob built his first theremin and a life-long fascination was born. Even as a teenager, Bob was taken by the elegant design and expressive nature of this early electronic musical instrument and dedicated much of his spare time (when he wasn t attending the Bronx High School of Science or practicing the piano) to perfecting his own design and studying the design of his idol, Leon Theremin .