Amar Bose
American engineer (1929–2013) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the American engineer and founding chairman of Bose Corporation. For other people named Bose, see Bose (surname). For other uses of the name, see Bose.
Amar Gopal Bose (November 2, 1929 – July 12, 2013) was an American entrepreneur and academic. An electrical engineer and sound engineer, he was a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for over 45 years.[2] He was also the founder and chairman of Bose Corporation.
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Amar Bose | |
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Born | Amar Gopal Bose (1929-11-02)November 2, 1929 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Died | July 12, 2013(2013-07-12) (aged 83) Wayland, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Occupation(s) | Engineer, entrepreneur, founder of Bose Corporation |
Spouse(s) | Ursula Boltshauser (widowed) Prema Bose (divorced) |
Children | 2, including Vanu |
Academic background | |
Education | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (SB, SM, ScD) |
Doctoral advisor | Norbert Wiener[1] Yuk-Wing Lee |
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Doctoral students | Alan V. Oppenheim[1] |
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In 2011, he donated a majority of the company to MIT in the form of non-voting shares to sustain and advance MIT's education and research mission.[3]