White, Robert L., Professor
Oral history interview with Robert L. White, 2015 September 24-29.
In this two-part oral history, Robert L. White discusses his life and career. Topics discussed include: Stanford Department of Electrical Engineering; medical electronics of the artificial ear; magnetic materials; atomic origins of magnetic properties; his childhood in Plainfield, New Jersey; naval radio training school during World War II; undergraduate education at Columbia College; graduate school at Columbia University; Charles H. Townes; his thesis on microwave spectroscopy and gases; Phyllis Arlt; Hughes Research Laboratories; General Telephone & Electronics (GTE); Stanford Universitys School of Engineering; Fredrick Emmons Terman; sabbatical at Oxford University; cochlear prosthesis or implant for the deaf; John Hennessy; James H. Clark; William Shockley; teaching quantum mechanics to engineers; Stanford University's Integrated Circuits Laboratory; Vietnam War protestors; Exploratorium; early venture capital industry in Silicon Valley; MagArray, Inc.
American engineer. Ph.D., Columbia University (1954). Professional experience includes: from professor to William E. Ayer professor of electrical engineering and professor of materials science and engineering, chair of department of electrical engineering, emeritus, Stanford University (1961-); director, Exploratorium (1987-1990); director, MagArray (2005-).
Clark, Jim, 1944-
Hennessy, John L.
Shockley, William, 1910-1989
Terman, Frederick Emmons, 1900-1982
Townes, Charles H.
White, Robert L., Professor
Columbia College (Columbia University)
Columbia University
Exploratorium (Organization).
General Telephone & Electronics Corporation
Hughes Research Laboratories.
Stanford University. Department of Electrical Engineering
Stanford University. Integrated Circuits Laboratory
Stanford University. School of Engineering.
University of Oxford
Ear prostheses
Magnetic materials.
Microwave spectroscopy.
Quantum theory
Venture capital
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements
Silicon Valley.
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Marine-Street, Natalie J., interviewer.
Stanford Historical Society
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Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives. Stanford, CA 94305, USA