Editing Robert Moog (section)

== Early life and education ==
Robert Moog was born at [[Flushing Hospital Medical Center|Flushing Hospital]] in New York City on May 23, 1934. His father was George Conrad Moog, of German descent. His mother was Shirley (Jacobs) Moog, of Polish-Jewish descent.<ref name="GlinskyP4">{{cite book|last=Glinsky |first=Albert |title=Switched On: Bob Moog and the Synthesizer Revolution |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=New York City, New York, US |date=2022 |isbn=9780197642078 |page=4}}</ref> He was raised in [[Flushing, Queens|Flushing]], [[Queens]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/23/arts/music/robert-moog-creator-of-music-synthesizer-dies-at-71.html|title=Robert Moog, Creator of Music Synthesizer, Dies at 71|last=Kozinn|first=Allan|work=New York Times|date=August 23, 2005 |access-date=December 3, 2018|language=en}}</ref>

When he was a boy, Moog's mother forced him to study the piano. He was active in the [[Boy Scouts of America|Boy Scouts]], and especially enjoyed spending time with his father, a [[Consolidated Edison]] [[Electrical engineering|engineer]], visiting [[Manhattan]]'s [[Radio Row]] and working on [[radio]] and [[electronics]] projects.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/22/AR2005082200373.html|title=Robert Moog Dies; Created Electronic Synthesizer|last=Bernstein|first=Adam|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=August 23, 2005|access-date=December 3, 2018|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286}}</ref> He became fascinated by the [[theremin]], an [[Electronic musical instrument|electronic instrument]] controlled by moving the hands over [[radio antennae]]. In 1949, at the age of 14, he built a theremin from plans printed in ''[[Electronics World]]''.<ref name=":2" />

He graduated from the [[Bronx High School of Science]] in 1952.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://riverdalepress.com/stories/Synthesizer-reunion,50420|title=Synthesizer reunion|last=Trangle|first=Sarina|date=May 30, 2012|work=The Riverdale Press|access-date=March 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180303174326/http://riverdalepress.com/stories/Synthesizer-reunion,50420|archive-date=March 3, 2018|url-status=live|quote=In honor of what would've been Robert Moog's 78th birthday, the Bronx High School of Science started its day with a tribute to the 1952 alumnus who began pioneering the synthesizer in high school.}}</ref> He earned a [[Bachelor of Science]] in [[physics]] from [[Queens College, City University of New York|Queens College]] of the [[City University of New York]] in 1955, and a [[Bachelor of Science]] in [[electrical engineering]] from the [[Columbia University]] [[Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science|School of Engineering and Applied Science]] under a [[3-2 engineering|3-2 engineering program]] in 1957.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HjNWAAAAMAAJ&q=robert+moog+queens+college+1957 | title=Journal of the Audio Engineering Society | year=1986 | publisher=Audio Engineering Society. }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ket5EAAAQBAJ&q=combined%20plan | isbn=978-0-19-764207-8 | title=Switched on: Bob Moog and the Synthesizer Revolution | year=2022 | publisher=Oxford University Press }}</ref> He earned a [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]] in [[engineering physics]] from [[Cornell University]] in 1965.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="NNDB">{{cite web|url=http://www.nndb.com/people/801/000023732/|title=Robert Moog|work=nndb.com|access-date=February 15, 2015}}</ref>