Walter C. Benzing *64

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WALTER C. BENZING *64, age 63, pioneer in the field of semiconductors, died Nov. 2,1987, at his home in Saratoga, Calif. Born in N.Y.C., Dr. Benzing earned his B.S. (Phi Beta Kappa) in chemical engineering at the Univ. of Rochester in 1943. During WWII he served as a Naval officer in the Pacific. After the war he earned an M.S. at M.I.T. and a Ph.D. at Princeton, both in chemical engineering. His career included Merck and Co., Inc., Union Carbide Corp., his partnership named Applied Materials Inc., Benzing Technologies Inc., a company founded by his sons, plus consulting and academic advisory work. He holds several U.S. patents, is the author of numerous technical papers on semiconductors, and is a pioneer in early technology collaboration with the Japanese and, more recently, the Chinese.

Sympathy is extended belatedly (with sincere apologies) to his widow, Ruth, his sons, Steven, David, and Jeffrey, his brother, Fred, and four grandchildren.

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