Background
The Lawrence Foundation was established in 2000 by Jeff Lawrence and Diane Troth (husband and wife) from the proceeds received from the acquisition of Trillium Digital Systems, Inc. by Intel Corporation. Trillium Digital Systems, Inc. developed and licensed communications software and was founded in 1988 by Jeff Lawrence and Larisa Chistyakov.
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