- Awarded the Polar Music Prize, the Royal Swedish Academy of Music Award, in 2001.
- Invented the Moog Electronic Synthesizer Keyboard in the 1960s.
- The Roland Keyboard Co. & the Korg Keyboard Co. are Moog's chief rivals.
- His last name rhymes with "rogue," not "fugue," as is believed commonly.
- As a Ph.D. student in engineering physics at Cornell University, Moog developed his first voltage-controlled synthesizer modules in 1964 with composer Herbert Deutsch. By the end of that year, R.A. Moog Co. marketed the first commercial modular synthesizer.
- After his death, his family established the Bob Moog Foundation, dedicated to the Advancement of Electronic Music, in his memory.
- Father of Laura Moog Lanier, Matthew Moog, Michelle Moog-Koussa, Renee Moog, and Miranda Richmond.
- According to one of his obituaries, he had no musical preference (unusual for a man so closely associated with the development of electronic musical instruments) and liked to keep his surroundings in silence.
- Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume 7, 2003-2005, pages 378-379. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2007.
- Graduated with a master's in engineering from Columbia University.
- Graduated from Queens College with a BSc degree in physics.
- Grew up at 51-09 Parsons Blvd, Flushing, New York from the age 2 onwards.
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