# John Simonton

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'''John Stayton Simonton Jr.''' (June 24, 1943 – November 25, 2005) was a [circuit design](/source/circuit_design)er, author of electronics articles, and founder of [PAiA Electronics](/source/PAiA_Electronics), a manufacturer of [analog synthesizer](/source/analog_synthesizer) kits. He lived in [Arcadia, Oklahoma](/source/Arcadia%2C_Oklahoma).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/2005/12/04/john-stayton-simonton-jr/61912345007/|title=John Stayton Simonton, Jr.|website=The Oklahoman}}</ref>

Simonton was born in [Honolulu](/source/Honolulu) and grew up in [New Orleans](/source/New_Orleans). In 1965 he graduated from [Louisiana Tech University](/source/Louisiana_Tech_University) with degrees in [electrical engineering](/source/electrical_engineering) and [psychology](/source/psychology). In 1967 he began working on the first computerized [jet engine](/source/jet_engine) test facility in [Oklahoma](/source/Oklahoma) at the [Tinker Air Force Base](/source/Tinker_Air_Force_Base).  He then founded [PAiA Electronics](/source/PAiA_Electronics) as a [mail order](/source/mail_order) electronics kit company. Simonton began publishing ''Polyphony'' magazine in 1975, which later became ''[Electronic Musician](/source/Electronic_Musician)''.

Simonton was diagnosed with [esophageal cancer](/source/esophageal_cancer) in 2004 and died in 2005 at his home in [Arcadia, Oklahoma](/source/Arcadia%2C_Oklahoma)

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==External links==
*[http://www.paia.com/obituary.html Obituary] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051220115458/http://www.paia.com/obituary.html |date=2005-12-20 }} at PAiA Electronics home page

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