Alex d'Arbeloff
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Alexander Vladimir d'Arbeloff (December 21, 1927 – July 8, 2008) was the American
co-founder of Teradyne
, a multi-billion dollar Boston, Massachusetts-based manufacturer of automatic test equipment
. He was born to a Georgia
n noble Vladimir d'Arbeloff, from Koutais and German-Russian Baroness Catherine T. (Tiepolt) d'Arbeloff.
After graduating in 1949 with an SB
in management from the MIT Sloan School of Management
http://alum.mit.edu, where he became a member of the Sigma Chi
fraternity, he and fellow MIT alumnus Nick DeWolf
built Teradyne into one of the largest players in the global ATE market as integrated circuit
s became increasingly important to every aspect of modern technology. Upon his retirement from Teradyne in 2000, he was succeeded by George Chamillard
.
D'Arbeloff was later a director of Lotus Development Corporation and a director of the Whitehead Institute
http://www.wi.mit.edu/news/archives/2004/wi_0317.html. He became a member of the MIT Corporation in 1989, and was Chairman of the Corporation from 1997 to 2003. He was a Trustee of Partners Health Care System, Massachusetts General Hospital
, and the New England Conservatory. He was also a former chairman of the Massachusetts High Technology Council.
In 1993, d'Arbeloff and his wife, Brit d'Arbeloff, established the Alex and Brit d'Arbeloff Fund for Excellence in MIT Education.
In 2008 Alex died of cancer.
His brother, Dmitri was a founder of Millipore Corp.
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co-founder of Teradyne
Teradyne
Teradyne , a US company, is a supplier of automatic test equipment . The company's divisions Semiconductor Test and Systems Test Group, are organized by the products they develop and deliver.-History:...
, a multi-billion dollar Boston, Massachusetts-based manufacturer of automatic test equipment
Automatic test equipment
Automatic or Automated Test Equipment is any apparatus that performs tests on a device, known as the Device Under Test , using automation to quickly perform measurements and evaluate the test results...
. He was born to a Georgia
Georgia (country)
Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...
n noble Vladimir d'Arbeloff, from Koutais and German-Russian Baroness Catherine T. (Tiepolt) d'Arbeloff.
After graduating in 1949 with an SB
Bachelor of Science
A Bachelor of Science is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for completed courses that generally last three to five years .-Australia:In Australia, the BSc is a 3 year degree, offered from 1st year on...
in management from the MIT Sloan School of Management
MIT Sloan School of Management
The MIT Sloan School of Management is the business school of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in Cambridge, Massachusetts....
http://alum.mit.edu, where he became a member of the Sigma Chi
Sigma Chi
Sigma Chi is the largest and one of the oldest college Greek-letter secret and social fraternities in North America with 244 active chapters and more than . Sigma Chi was founded on June 28, 1855 at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio when members split from Delta Kappa Epsilon...
fraternity, he and fellow MIT alumnus Nick DeWolf
Nick DeWolf
Nicholas DeWolf was co-founder of Teradyne, a Boston, Massachusetts-based manufacturer of automatic test equipment. He founded the company in 1960 with Alex d’Arbeloff, a classmate at MIT....
built Teradyne into one of the largest players in the global ATE market as integrated circuit
Integrated circuit
An integrated circuit or monolithic integrated circuit is an electronic circuit manufactured by the patterned diffusion of trace elements into the surface of a thin substrate of semiconductor material...
s became increasingly important to every aspect of modern technology. Upon his retirement from Teradyne in 2000, he was succeeded by George Chamillard
George Chamillard
George W. Chamillard is an American business executive who served as Chairman of the Board of Directors at Teradyne, a manufacturer of automatic test equipment for semiconductor devices, from 2000 to 2006....
.
D'Arbeloff was later a director of Lotus Development Corporation and a director of the Whitehead Institute
Whitehead Institute
Founded in 1982, the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research is a non-profit research and teaching institution located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA....
http://www.wi.mit.edu/news/archives/2004/wi_0317.html. He became a member of the MIT Corporation in 1989, and was Chairman of the Corporation from 1997 to 2003. He was a Trustee of Partners Health Care System, Massachusetts General Hospital
Massachusetts General Hospital
Massachusetts General Hospital is a teaching hospital and biomedical research facility in the West End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts...
, and the New England Conservatory. He was also a former chairman of the Massachusetts High Technology Council.
In 1993, d'Arbeloff and his wife, Brit d'Arbeloff, established the Alex and Brit d'Arbeloff Fund for Excellence in MIT Education.
In 2008 Alex died of cancer.
His brother, Dmitri was a founder of Millipore Corp.