Personal Life
Sleator commercialized the volunteer-based Internet Chess Server into the Internet Chess Club despite outcry from fellow volunteers. The ICS has since become one of the most successful internet-based commercial chess servers.
He is the brother of William Sleator, who wrote science fiction for young adults.
Sleator has hosted the progressive talk show Left Out on WRCT-FM with fellow host and School of Computer Science faculty member Bob Harper.
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