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I recognize Terman from the names of places at Stanford but never knew he played such a big role in the early days of Silicon Valley.
by divbzero 1y ago
I recognize Terman from the names of places at Stanford but never knew he played such a big role in the early days of Silicon Valley.
- marsten 1y agoTerman gets a bad rap because his father, Lewis Terman, was a proponent of eugenics. There used to be a Terman middle school in Palo Alto named after Frederick, but the bad association with the Terman name compelled them to rename it. Which is unfortunate because if anyone deserves to have a school named after them in Silicon Valley, Frederick Terman should be high on the list.
- asveikau 1y agoSpeaking of which, can't mention early Silicon Valley and eugenics without William Shockley. https://www.splcenter.org/resources/extremist-files/william-shockley/ https://www.splcenter.org/resources/extremist-files/william-...
- thakoppno 1y agoShockley’s childhood home and the HP garage are separated by two houses. I’ve wondered if there was any interaction between them but cannot find any evidence.