Alfred U. MacRae

Alfred Urquhart MacRae (born April 14, 1932) is an American physicist.

MacRae was born in New York City on April 14, 1932.[1] MacRae is of Scottish descent, and learned how to play the bagpipes, which he did throughout college.[2] MacRae earned his bachelor's and graduate degrees at Syracuse University, where he studied physics.[2] Upon completing his doctorate in 1960, MacRae began working for Bell Labs.[2] He was elected a fellow of the American Physical Society in 1964.[3] MacRae later led his own company, MacRae Technologies.[4] He was the 1994 recipient of the J. J. Ebers Award, presented by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers' Electron Devices Society at the International Electron Devices Meeting.[4] In 2003, MacRae was elected to membership of the National Academy of Engineering.[5]

  1. ^ "Contributors". IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits: 297–299. October 1969. doi:10.1109/JSSC.1969.1050022.
  2. ^ a b c "Engineering Success: Alfred U. MacRae '54, G'57, G'60 a Pioneer in Integrated Circuits, Satellite Communications". Syracuse University. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  3. ^ "APS Fellow Archive". Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  4. ^ a b Review of NASA's Aerospace Technology Enterprise. National Academies Press. 2003. p. 109. ISBN 9780309182447.
  5. ^ "Dr. Alfred U. MacRae". United States National Academy of Engineering. Retrieved 26 September 2019.