Frederick Terman

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Frederick Terman
Born
Frederick Emmons Terman

(1900-06-07)June 7, 1900
DiedDecember 19, 1982(1982-12-19) (aged 82)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materStanford University
AwardsIEEE Medal of Honor (1950)
IEEE James H. Mulligan, Jr. Education Medal (1956)
IEEE Founders Medal (1963)
National Medal of Science (1975)
Scientific career
FieldsElectrical engineering
InstitutionsStanford University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Doctoral advisorVannevar Bush
Notable studentsOswald Garrison Villard, Jr.
William Hewlett
David Packard
Russell and Sigurd Varian
Bernard M. Oliver

Frederick Emmons Terman (/ˈtɜːrmən/; June 7, 1900 – December 19, 1982) was an American professor. He and William Shockley helped to create Silicon Valley.[1]

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