Facts: - death place: mountain view , california - death date: 4 november 2000 - children: nicholas p. grinich anita grinich philip grinich - birth date: 26 november 1924 - name: victor grinich - image: victor_grinich . jpg - birth place: aberdeen , washington - alma mater: university of washington stanford university - occupation: co-founder berkeley of fairchild semiconductor professor at stanford & uc Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of victor grinich .
victor henry grinich -lrb- november 26 , 1924 - november 4 , 2000 -rrb- was a pioneer in the semiconductor industry and a member of the '' traitorous eight '' that founded silicon valley .