(1934-2005) Inventor, along with Don Buchla of the principle of voltage control for analog synthesizer circuits, and producer of the first synthesizers sold as commercial products. Moog's involvement with synths began as a consequence of his life-long interest in theremins. In 1953, while doing his graduate work at Cornell University, Moog established his first company, R. A. Moog Co., in a storefront in Traumansburg, New York, to sell theremin kits. Over the next several years he expanded into audio amplifiers and other pieces of studio equipment. After recieving his Ph. D. in electrical engineering in 1957, he began thinking about how to expand the theramin business, and this led him to investigate early synthesizer circuits.