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Frederick Emmons Terman (/ ˈ t ɜːr m ən /; June 7, 1900 – December 19, 1982) was an American professor and academic administrator. He was the dean of the school of engineering from 1944 to 1958 and provost from 1955 to 1965 at Stanford University . [1]
Jun 3, 2024 · Frederick Emmons Terman (born June 7, 1900, English, Indiana, U.S.—died December 19, 1982, Palo Alto, California) was an American electrical engineer known for his contributions to electronics research and anti-radar technology.
May 10, 2024 · Frederick E. Terman, IRE President, 1941, viewed as one of the founding fathers of the Silicon Valley. He is also the author of Radio Engineering, which would become an important textbook for the profession.
Dec 3, 2011 · Frederick Emmon Terman was known as “The Father of Silicon Valley.” But even a nickname like that fails to capture his contributions to the electronics industry.
Fred Terman (1900-1982) was dean of the School of Engineering at Stanford from 1944 to 1958 and university provost from 1955 to 1965. He and President Wally Sterling are credited with putting Stanford among the ranks of the world’s top universities.
In the early 1930s, the talents of four Stanford undergraduates — Bill Hewlett, Dave Packard, Barney Oliver and Noel “Ed” Porter — caught the eye of legendary engineering professor Fred Terman.
Son of National Academy of Sciences member the late Lewis Madison Terman, Frederick Terman achieved perhaps as distinguished a reputation for his work in electronics and education as his father—who was credited with development and widespread adoption of the IQ test—had in psychology and education.
