The “Mayor of Silicon Valley,” our own Robert Noyce ’49, got his start in a Grinnell physics classroom.
At 8 p.m. Central this Tuesday, Feb. 5, PBS’s American Experience explores the history of Silicon Valley — “In 1957, decades before Steve Jobs dreamed up Apple or Mark Zuckerberg created Facebook, a group of eight brilliant young men defected from the Shockley Semiconductor Company in order to start their own transistor business. Their leader was 29-year-old Robert Noyce ... .”
Check your local air times and watch bonus video on American Experience.
