11 Facts About Ray Stata

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Raymond Stuart Stata was born on 1934 and is an American entrepreneur, engineer, and investor.

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In high school, Ray worked as an apprentice for his father.

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Ray Stata's parents moved to the outskirts of Baltimore to work at an aircraft factory during WWII.

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Ray Stata later founded Boston Seed Capital, a seed venture capitalist firm.

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In 1965, Ray Stata founded Analog Devices, Inc with MIT classmate Matthew Lorber in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Ray Stata co-founded and served as the first President of the Massachusetts High Technology Council in 1977.

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Ray Stata led MHTC to push for state government policies to make Massachusetts the best state in which to live and work.

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Ray Stata served on the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Board of Overseers, stemming from his professional commitment to total quality management.

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Ray Stata served on the board of the Semiconductor Industry Association from January 1,1996 to November 7,2013, and as the group's chairman in 2011.

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Ray Stata was actively engaged in the stewardship of MIT, his alma mater, in several roles.

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Ray Stata served as the Chairman of the Visiting Committee of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science until 2010.