Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Varying Form of Title: | History Makers video oral history with Frank Greene, Jr.
Frank Greene, Jr.
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| Other authors / contributors: | Greene, Frank, 1938-2009, interviewee.
Richardson, Julieanna L., interviewer.
Stearns, Scott, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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| Sound characteristics: | digital
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| Digital file characteristics: | video file
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| Notes: | Videographer, Scott Stearns.
Julieanna L. Richardson, interviewer.
Recorded Sunnyvale, California 2002 March 31.
Vendor-supplied metadata.
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| Summary: | Venture capitalist Frank S. Greene, Jr. was born on October 19, 1938, in Washington, D.C. He received his B.S. degree from Washington University in St. Louis in 1961 and his M.S. degree from Purdue University in 1962. He held the patent for the integrated circuit that made Fairchild Semiconductor a leader in the late 1960s. He earned his Ph.D. degree from Santa Clara University in 1970. In 1971, Greene became founding CEO of Technology Development Corporation (TDC) as well as founded three successive businesses. After several years in private venture capital, Greene started New Vista Capital in 1993 where he served as general partner. Greene taught courses in electrical engineering and computer science at Stanford University and served as assistant chairman of the electrical engineering department there. He sat on boards of many Silicon Valley corporations. Greene passed away on December 26, 2009 at age 71.
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