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Amar Bose
American
Inventor
About the author
I really wanted to do research. That has never changed.
Amar Bose,
American
Inventor
#Research
We learned the value of research in World War II.
Amar Bose,
American
Inventor
#World
#War
#Research
#Value
#World war
We did experiments with the Boston Symphony for many years where we measured the angles of incidence of sound arriving at the ears of the audience, then took the measurements back to MIT and analyzed them.
Amar Bose,
American
Inventor
#Years
#Boston
#Sound
There was a time when I was wondering about this business of going public, so I visited about a half-dozen companies in the Boston area, all of them formed by MIT faculty and all had gone public.
Amar Bose,
American
Inventor
#Time
#Public
#Boston
#Business
The prejudice was so bad in the United States at that time that a dark person with a white person would not be served in a restaurant. My father, mother, and I would try it occasionally. We would sit there, and the food would never come.
Amar Bose,
American
Inventor
#Time
#Food
#Mother
#states
#United
#Father
#Prejudice
The food we ate was Indian, and both my mother and father were very deep into the ancient philosophy of India, so it could well have been an Indian household.
Amar Bose,
American
Inventor
#Food
#Mother
#Deep
#Father
#Philosophy
The excitement level for me working on projects is really not a bit different from when I was 26.
Amar Bose,
American
Inventor
#Projects
#Excitement
Research in this country is going down.
Amar Bose,
American
Inventor
#Country
#Research
I'm forming a charitable institution for education.
Amar Bose,
American
Inventor
#Education
I loved music, and in my ninth year at MIT, I decided to buy a hi-fi set. I figured that all I needed to do was look at the specifications. So I bought what looked like the best one, turned it on, and turned it off in five minutes, the sound was so poor.
Amar Bose,
American
Inventor
#Poor
#Music
#Sound
I hope that the institution will succeed in maximizing students' potential in the same way. I will give all of my stock to this institution. It will own the Bose Corporation and be funded by the Bose Corporation.
Amar Bose,
American
Inventor
#Hope
#Will
#Succeed
#Students
#Potential
I had studied violin from age 7 to 14.
Amar Bose,
American
Inventor
#Age
But today the quickest way to save your bottom line is to cut off research.
Amar Bose,
American
Inventor
#Today
#Research
At MIT, I had the good fortune for seven years to teach network theory, which is basic to many disciplines, to one-third of the undergraduate student body. It was an experiment to see how high we could bring their level of understanding, and it exceeded all of my expectations.
Amar Bose,
American
Inventor
#Years
#Understanding
#Body
#Network
#Theory
#Fortune
#Expectations
At 13, I realized that I could fix anything electronic. It was amazing, I could just do it. I started a business repairing radios. It grew to be one of the largest in Philadelphia.
Amar Bose,
American
Inventor
#Business
All military and most commercial aircraft use our designs that process power from jet engines.
Amar Bose,
American
Inventor
#Power
#Military
One hundred percent of our earnings are reinvested in the company, and a great deal of that goes to research.
Amar Bose,
American
Inventor
#Research
#Company