Amar Bose

Amar Bose
Born
Amar Gopal Bose

(1929-11-02)November 2, 1929
DiedJuly 12, 2013(2013-07-12) (aged 83)
Occupation(s)Engineer, entrepreneur, founder of Bose Corporation
Spouse(s)Prema Bose (divorced)
Ursula Boltshauser (widowed)
Children2, including Vanu
Academic background
EducationMassachusetts Institute of Technology (SB, SM, ScD)
Doctoral advisorNorbert Wiener[1]
Yuk-Wing Lee
Academic work
Doctoral studentsAlan V. Oppenheim[1]

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.[2] 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.[3]

  1. ^ a b Amar Bose at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Rifkin was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Amar Bose '51 makes stock donation to MIT". MIT. April 29, 2011. Retrieved February 5, 2012.

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