Donald E. Lancaster was an American author, inventor, and microcomputer pioneer. He received a BSEE degree from Lafayette College in 1961, and a MSEE from Arizona State University in 1967. While attending ASU, Lancaster started on a master's degree in anthropology, but he never earned the degree. at Goodyear Aerospace in Phoenix, Arizona, who also wrote multiple articles for computer and electronics magazines of the 1970s, including Popular Electronics, Radio-Electronics, Dr. Dobb's Journal, 73 Magazine, and Byte. He has written books on electronics, computers, and entrepreneurship, both commercially published and self-published.
On June 7, 2023, at the age of 83, Lancaster died, having lived for 44 years in Thatcher, Arizona.