Teradyne cofounder DeWolf dies
-- Test & Measurement World, 4/19/2006 4:14:00 AM
Teradyne has announced that its cofounder Nicholas DeWolf died Sunday in Aspen, CO, at age 77. A statement released by the company notes that DeWolf always wanted to be known as an engineer first, even though he had a passion for photography, acting, inventing, and the free exchange of ideas.
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Teradyne co-founders Alex d'Arbeloff (left) and Nick DeWolf in 1962. |
DeWolf left Teradyne in 1971, and settled with his family in Aspen. There, he was involved in many civic, charitable and educational programs, including the creation of a dancing fountain in Aspen. In 1979, he was a recipient of the Semiconductor Equipment & Materials International (SEMI) Award for outstanding contributions to the semiconductor test industry.
"I wish more Americans would become engineers; fewer lawyers and doctors," he said in a recent interview. "And I really wish for one thing with great passion and that is that physics should be taught before biology and chemistry...So if I had any one thing I’d love to see happen, it is that America would get more technical again."
DeWolf is survived by his wife, Maggie; six children, Alexander, Nicole, Quentin, Vanessa, Thalia and Ivan; seven grandchildren; and a sister, Lucretia Hosmer.
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