Steve Dorner developed the Eudora e-mail client in 1988 as a part of his work as a staff member at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Eudora was subsequently acquired by Qualcomm in 1991. Dorner also developed a popular online directory/phonebook in the early 1990s commonly referred to as the CSO nameserver.

Dorner received his bachelor's degree in 1983 from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Living people | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign alumni