Sheldon Roberts
Sheldon Roberts | |
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| Born | C. Sheldon Roberts October 27, 1926 |
| Died | June 6, 2014 (aged 87) metallurgical engineering, 1948) , (M.S., 1949; Ph.D., 1952)Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Occupation | Engineer |
| Known for | Semiconductor pioneer |
C. Sheldon Roberts (October 27, 1926 – June 6, 2014)[1] was an American semiconductor pioneer, and member of the "traitorous eight" who founded Silicon Valley.
Biography
Roberts earned a
MIT
.
Roberts then worked in research at the
Mountain View, California, but left the company along with other members of the traitorous eight with the backing of Sherman Fairchild to form the influential Fairchild Semiconductor
corporation.
Roberts later founded
Teledyne) with traitorous eight alumni Jean Hoerni and Jay Last
.
References
- Boston Globe. Retrieved November 30, 2014.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sheldon Roberts.
- The Fairchild Chronicles Archived 2012-10-15 at the Wayback Machine
- Profile at Rensselaer
- Rensselaer Alumni Hall of Fame profile
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