PAXTON, MA, December 21, 2016 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Dr. Edward Clarke has been included in Marquis Who's Who. As in all Marquis Who's Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process.
Recognized for more than six and a half decades of invaluable contributions to his field, Dr. Clarke parlays his extensive knowledge into his role as lecturer on science and semiconductors following his retirement from Worcester Polytechnic Institute as Professor Emeritus in 1995. Prior to entering the fledgling semiconductor industry in 1950, he earned a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from Brown University, served in the United States Navy during World War II, received a Master of Science in Applied Physics as well as a Master of Engineering Science from Harvard University. He received his Ph.D. from Brown in 1951. He served as a member of the technical staff and briefly as group head for semiconductors at Sylvania Electric Products Co. from 1950 until 1956. After leaving Sylvania he worked for three years as group head for research while helping to create the Sperry Semiconductor Division of the Sperry Rand Corporation. For the following six years, Dr. Clarke helped to create National Semiconductor Corporation, serving as vice president of operations and as a director of the company. He began with Worcester Polytechnic Institute back in 1965 when he started as an associate dean of the faculty and director of research, later becoming associate dean of graduate studies and professor of engineering and sciences. He also created and directed the Center for Solar Electrification, established primarily for WPI's pioneering undergraduate projects program. As Professor Emeritus, Dr. Clarke continued to assist WPI in its projects program.
Dr. Clarke also served as an advisory council member of the Robert C. Fischer Institute for Policy and Culture of Nichols College, and served as a guest lecturer at Nichols. Dr. Clarke also served as a guest lecturer at Brown University. As a member of the IEEE, American Physical Society, Tau Beta Pi, and Sigma Xi, he has achieved much throughout his long-standing career, including obtaining patents in semiconductor technology, helping to create the science of semiconductor surfaces, pioneering the development of solar-powered racing cars, and having his history recorded at the Center for History at the American Institute of Physics in 2010. Additionally, he has been featured in the 35th through 37th editions of Who's Who in Finance and Business, two issues of Who's Who in American Education, and five editions of Who's Who in Science and Engineering.
Dr. Clarke was elected into the Inventors Hall of Fame (National Academy of Inventors) in March of 2016 for his semiconductor invention (Planar Double Diffused Transistor), filed in 1952, which was and is critical for the mass production of semiconductor chips for the electronics industry (patent number US 2793145 A) under the name, Method of Forming a Junction Transistor 1952. The patent was awarded in 1957, but was filed in 1952 as the first of its kind.
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