Frederick Terman
Frederick Emmons Terman 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. He is widely credited as being the father of Silicon Valley.
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- Born in
- English
- Educated at
- Stanford UniversityMassachusetts Institute of Technology
- Awards
- 🏆 IEEE Medal of Honor🏆 National Medal of Science🏆 Medal for Merit🏆 IEEE Founders Medal🏆 IEEE James H. Mulligan, Jr. Education Medal
- Doctoral Advisors
- 🎓 Vannevar Bush
- Doctoral Students
- 📖 Bernard M. Oliver📖 Joseph M. Pettit📖 Oswald Garrison Villard, Jr.
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