Amar Bose
Amar Bose | |
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| Born | Amar Gopal Bose November 2, 1929 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | July 12, 2013 (aged 83) Wayland, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Engineer, entrepreneur, founder of Bose Corporation |
| Spouse(s) | Prema Bose (divorced) Ursula Boltshauser (widowed) |
| Children | 2, including Vanu |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (BS, MS, DcS) |
| Thesis | A theory of nonlinear systems (1956) |
| Doctoral advisor | Norbert Wiener Yuk-Wing Lee |
| Academic work | |
| Doctoral students | Alan V. Oppenheim |
Amar Gopal Bose (November 2, 1929 – July 12, 2013) was an American entrepreneur and academic. An electrical engineer and sound engineer, he was a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for over 45 years. He was also the founder and chairman of Bose Corporation.
In 2011, he donated a majority of the company to MIT in the form of non-voting shares to sustain and advance MIT's education and research mission.