Please answer the following question: Facts: - known for: semiconductor pioneer - birth name: c. sheldon roberts - death date: june 6 , 2014 -lrb- aged 87 -rrb- - birth date: october 27 , 1926 - name: sheldon roberts - death place: mcminnville , oregon , united states - alma mater: rensselaer 1948 -rrb- massachusetts institute of technology , -lrb- m.s. , polytechnic 1949 ; ph.d. , 1952 -rrb- institute -lrb- b.s. , metallurgical engineering , - occupation: engineer Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of sheldon roberts .
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c. sheldon roberts -lrb- october 27 , 1926 -- june 6 , 2014 -rrb- was an american semiconductor pioneer , and member of the '' traitorous eight '' who founded silicon valley .he earned a bachelor 's degree in metallurgical engineering from rensselaer polytechnic institute in 1948 , and a master 's degree in 1949 and ph.d. in 1952 , from mit .he then worked in research at the naval research lab and the dow chemical company .he joined the seminal shockley semiconductor laboratory division of beckman instruments in mountain view , california , but left the company along with other members of the '' traitorous eight '' with the backing of sherman fairchild to form the influential fairchild semiconductor corporation .he later founded amelco -lrb- known now as teledyne -rrb- with '' traitorous eight '' alumni jean hoerni and jay last .