In 1977, a gallon of gas was 77 cents, a Georgia peanut farmer named Jimmy Carter was sworn in as president and a small start-up called Apple Computer was incorporated by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak.
That summer, another momentous undertaking was launched. Hewlett Packard Co-Founder David Packard assembled a luncheon with 32 other Silicon Valley visionaries, including Intel Co-Founder Bob Noyce and AMD Founder Jerry Sanders, to create what is now the Silicon Valley Leadership Group.
Image: Silicon Valley Leadership Group CEO Carl Guardino looks at a map of the BART Silicon Valley Berryessa Extension during a VTA BART Silicon Valley celebration. Bringing BART to San Jose has been one of the Group's major campaigns. (Olszewski/SOSKIphoto)
