Bob Meyer engaged in his favorite activity-exploring new electronic circuit designs at the kitchen table. A Life in Electronics In The Beginning I Robert G. Meyer Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/MSSC.2013.2289589 Date of publication: 30 January 2014 8 w I n t E r 2 0 14 began my career in electronics in Australia in 1960 when I enrolled in the Electrical Engineering Department of Melbourne University. The fifties had been a time of spectacular progress in technology, with the development of nuclear energy, space exploration, and of course electronic systems of many varieties. I had enjoyed physics and math in high school and guessed that the burgeoning field of electronics would be a good career choice for me. IEEE SOLID-STATE CIRCUITS MAGAZINE 1943-0582/14/$31.00©2014IEEE