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April - 2008 - issue > In Focus
Amar Bose in the U.S. Inventors Hall of Fame
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The citation released last month for the 78-year-old, who founded the Bose Corporation in 1964, says, “Bose has introduced a variety of products through his company, including the 901 direct and reflecting speaker systems, customized sound systems for automobiles, and active noise-reducing headphone.” Bose, who also holds over two dozen patents, has said: “Inventions come from people who are motivated or driven to make things better.”
Born in the U.S. to a Bengali father and a German mother, he earned his Bachelors, Masters and Doctoral degrees in electrical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he was faculty from 1956 till 2001. His research at MIT led to the development of new, patented technologies. He founded Bose Corporation in Framingham, Massachusetts.
Bose Corporation, acclaimed internationally for groundbreaking products, develops and manufactures audio equipment, including speakers, amplifiers, headphones, and sound systems for luxury cars.
In 1987, the Intellectual Property Owners Association, a trade group in Virginia that promotes the $148 billion U.S. consumer technology industry, named Bose ‘Inventor of the Year’. Las year, they also elected him to the Consumer Electronics Hall of Fame.
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