Victor Grinich

Victor Henry Grinich (* November 24, 1924 in Aberdeen, Washington; † November 5, 2000 in Mountain View ), originally Grgurinović Victor, was an American electrical engineer.

Life

Grinich was the son of Croatian immigrants. He served during the Second World War in the United States Navy. At this time he changed his surname from Grgurinović to Grinich so he was easier to pronounce in military appeal.

He received a master's degree from the University of Washington in 1950. Subsequently he went to Stanford University, where in 1953 he received his doctorate ( Ph.D.). In 1956 he joined the staff of the newly founded by William B. Shockley Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory, a division of Beckman Instruments, which he, however, a year with eight other discontented members, the Traitorous Eight (Eng. " The traitorous eight" ) to the the company Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation to set up.

In the 1960s he left Fairchild Semiconductor and taught at the University of California Berkeley and Stanford University. In 1975 he published the textbook Introduction to Integrated Circuits.

Grinich died in 2000 from prostate cancer.