Sheldon Weinig (born in

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) is an American businessman who studied at

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, where he received his doctorate and served as a professor. In 1957, he founded

Materials Research Corporation right Materials Research Corporation (MRC) was a global manufacturer and supplier of highly specialized semiconductor materials and equipment. Timeline *1957: Materials Research Corporation founded by Dr. Sheldon Weinig 47 Buena Vista Ave., Yo ...

(MRC), a global manufacturer and supplier of specialized semiconductor materials and equipment.

Early years

Sheldon Weinig attended

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, a magnet school in New York. After completing high school, he served in the United States Army for two years and received his education on the

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and was awarded his doctorate in metallurgy from

in 1955.

Career

Weinig served as a professor at Cooper Union and NYU for several years and then went on to found

. MRC introduced leading-edge manufacturing equipment to the semiconductor industry. In 1989, Sony acquired MRC. The U.S. Government objected to the sale but the company needed a large infusion of capital and no American-owned company was prepared to make the investment to purchase MRC and keep it (and its technology) intact. Weinig remained with Sony nearly 7 years as Vice Chairman for Engineering and Manufacturing of Sony America. He retired from Sony in 1995 and has been an adjunct professor at Columbia University and SUNY, Stony Brook where he teaches a bridge course between academia and the industrial world. Weinig retired as Vice Chairman of Engineering and Manufacturing of Sony America in 1996 and became an adjunct professor at

as well as the

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Publications

In 2018 Weinig published a book entitled ''Rule Breaker - An Entrepreneur's Manifesto''.

Awards and recognition

;1980:Awarded the SEMMY Award, by the Semiconductor Equipment and Materials Institute ;1984:Inducted into the National Academy of Engineering for "the development of high purity, highly characterized materials, and technological processing equipment for electronic and metallurgical applications" ;1990:Elected to the International Technology Institute’s Hall of Fame for Engineering, Science and Technology ;1988:Awarded the rank of Chevalier dans l’Ordre National de la Legion d’Honneur by the Government of France He also received three honorary doctorates from St. Thomas Aquinas (law), Adelphi University (Science) and the State university of New York at Stony Brook. (Science)

References

External links

SEMI Oral History Interview: Sheldon Weinig, Interviewed by Craig Addison

* ttp://www.inc.com/magazine/19820901/8820.html Life Without Layoffs, Inc. Magazine
Math for America
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