 frederick emmons terman (; june 7, 1900 â december 19, 1982) was an american academician. he is widely credited (together with william shockley) with being the father of silicon valley.palo alto history project ==education== terman completed his undergraduate degree in chemistry and his master's degree in electrical engineering at stanford university. his father lewis terman, the man who popularized the iq test in america, was a professor at stanford. terman went on to earn an scd in electrical engineering from massachusetts institute of technology in 1924. his advisor at mit was vannevar bush, who first proposed what became the national science foundation. ==academic career== he returned to stanford in 1925 as a member of the engineering faculty. from 1925 to 1941 terman designed a course of study and research in electronics at stanford that focused on work with vacuum tubes, circuits, and instrumentation. he also wrote radio engineering (first edition in 1932; second edition, much improved, in 1937; third edition in 1947 with added coverage of new technologies developed during world war ii; fourth edition in 1955 with a new title, electronic and radio engineering), one of the most important books on electrical and radio engineering, and to this day a good reference on those subjects. terman's students at stanford included oswald garrison villard, jr., russell and sigurd varian, william hewlett, and david packard.gillmor, c. stewart. fred terman at stanford: building a discipline, a university, and silicon valley. stanford, ca: stanford up, 2004. print. he encouraged his students to form their own companies and personally invested in many of them, resulting in firms such as litton industries, varian associates, and hewlett-packard.leslie, stuart w., and robert h. kargon. "selling silicon valley: frederick terman's model for regional
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