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Don Hoefler
American journalist
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- Momentum6.7
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Lived 1922–1986, aged 64United States
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Donald C. Hoefler was an American journalist, best known for using the term "Silicon Valley" for the first time in a news story. His friend Ralph Vaerst suggested the term for a series of articles entitled "Silicon Valley, USA" in the weekly trade newspaper Electronic News, starting on January 11, 1971.
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- Дон ГефлерLow confidencewikipedia · uk.wikipedia.org
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