# Paul Collard

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**Paul Trevor Collard** (7 July 1952 – 28 December 2005) was an [entrepreneur](/source/Entrepreneur) who founded [U.S. Robotics](/source/U.S._Robotics) in 1976 with Casey Cowell and Steve Muka.

## Early life

Paul Collard was born in [Weston-Super-Mare](/source/Weston-Super-Mare), England, to Roy and Margaret Collard. He went to the [Weston-super-Mare Grammar School for Boys](/source/Broadoak_Mathematics_and_Computing_College), and graduated from the [University of Sussex](/source/University_of_Sussex) with a degree in applied physics.

## U.S Robotics

Main article: [U.S. Robotics](/source/U.S._Robotics)

While working at the University of Chicago's Computation Center, Collard joined up with [Casey Cowell](/source/Casey_Cowell), Stephen Muka, Stan Metcalf, and Tom Rossen to form U.S. Robotics. Paul began designing modems using the digital Design skills he learned at the University of Sussex. Paul left U.S. Robotics in 1987.

## Midway Labs

After attending a lecture at the University of Chicago on solar power, Collard left to start [Midway Labs](/source/Midway_Labs) a solar power company using [Roland Winston](/source/Roland_Winston)'s [non-imaging optics](/source/Non-imaging_optics) to build concentrator solar electric panels.

## Personal life

Paul Collard married Rebecca Janowitz from [Chicago](/source/Chicago,_IL). They had two children.

## External links

- **[U.S. Robotics History](http://www.usr.com/press/pr-kit.asp)** - On USR's website - [History of U.S. Robotics](http://www.answers.com/topic/u-s-robotics?cat=technology) - [Major milestones of University of Chicago Alumni](https://magazine.uchicago.edu/07910/peer_review/from_our_pages.shtml) - [University of Chicago magazine Obituary](https://magazine.uchicago.edu/0604/peer/deaths.shtml)

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