Background
Knight, Stephen was born on February 24, 1938 in San Mateo, California, United States. Son of Edward Tucker and Mary Childs (Foster) Knight.
engineer material scientist physicist
Knight, Stephen was born on February 24, 1938 in San Mateo, California, United States. Son of Edward Tucker and Mary Childs (Foster) Knight.
Bachelor of Science in Geology and Physics magna cum laude, Beloit College, 1959; Master of Science in Physics, Yale University, 1960; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, Yale University, 1964.
With, American Telephone & Telegraph Company Bell laboratories, 1964-1968; supervisor materials and processing development Gallium Arsenide for microwave devices, American Telephone & Telegraph Company Bell laboratories, Middletown, New Jersey, 1968-1970; supervisor optical and magnetic materials properties group, American Telephone & Telegraph Company Bell laboratories, Middletown, New Jersey, 1970-1973; supervisor electroluminescent device group, American Telephone & Telegraph Company Bell laboratories, Middletown, New Jersey, 1973-1979; supervisor advanced technologies group, American Telephone & Telegraph Company Bell laboratories, Middletown, New Jersey, 1979-1981; head department Electronics Technology Planning Center, American Telephone & Telegraph Company Bell laboratories, Middletown, New Jersey, 1981-1984; division manager American Telephone & Telegraph Company Corporation Strategic Planning, American Telephone & Telegraph Company Bell laboratories, Middletown, New Jersey, 1984-1986; director Kelly Edition and Training Center, American Telephone & Telegraph Company Bell laboratories, Middletown, New Jersey, 1986-1991; liaison Sematech, American Telephone & Telegraph Company Bell laboratories, Middletown, New Jersey, 1991-1994; division manager, Intellectual Property American Telephone & Telegraph Company Microelectronics, 1994-1996; senior scientist office microelectronics program, The National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaitersburg, Maryland., since 1997.
Board visitors Duke U. School Engineering. Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (member education activities board 1987-1990, new technologies directions committee 1984-1989, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Academy). Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Institute Physics, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Electron Devices Society (associate editor Transactions on Electron Devices 1968-1979, editor in chief 1979-1982, chairman publications committee 1982-1986, contributor articles).
Married Jerilynn Joyce Schou, June 7, 1959. Children: Stephen C., Jennifer Knight Bodnar, Heidi Knight Bundy.