Background
Linvill, John Grimes was born on August 8, 1919 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Son of Thomas G. and Emma (Crayne) Linvill.
Linvill, John Grimes was born on August 8, 1919 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Son of Thomas G. and Emma (Crayne) Linvill.
Bachelor of Arts, William Jewell College, 1941; Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1943; S.M. Entertainment, Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1945; Doctor of Science, Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1949; Doctor Applied Science, U. Louvain, Belgium, 1966; Doctor of Science, William Jewell College, 1992.
He worked at Bell Telephone Laboratories from 1951 to 1955, when he joined the Stanford Electrical Engineering department. In 1969 he was appointed head of the Electrical engineer department, and in 1979 he became Director of the Center for Integrated Systems at Stanford. His teaching and research concentrated on active circuits, transistors, and models of semiconductors.
He sparked the technical development of the device, which required innovations in integrated circuit technology developed under his leadership at Stanford.
In 1970 he, Jim Bliss, and others from Stanford and Socially Responsible Investment co-founded Telesensory Systems (TSI) to manufacture and distribute the Optacon. John Linvill was Chairman of the board of TSI, served on the boards of other Silicon Valley corporations, and led technical committees for the National Research Council, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. He holds eleven United States. patents.
He died February 19, 2011.
Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Education medal 1976), American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member National Academy of Engineering, American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Married Marjorie Webber, December 28, 1943. Children: Gregory Thomas, Candace Sue.