Love him or hate him or his products, certainly a major force in the industry

 

http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2013/obit-amar-bose-0712.html

 

 

In 2011, to fulfill his lifelong dream to support MIT education, Dr. Bose gave to MIT the majority of the stock of Bose Corporation in the form of nonvoting shares. Under the terms of the gift, dividends from those shares will be used by MIT to sustain and advance MIT’s education and research mission. MIT cannot sell its Bose shares, and does not participate in the management or governance of the company.

 

RIP Amar Bose.

 

Kevin Gilmore, thank you for that link.

RIP Dr. Bose.  I've known several folks who worked at Bose, and as a corporation liked it a lot.  Too bad they took his work and made it into primarily a marketing and legal-driven audio company....

RIP.

 

I never had any of his products but when i was a teen, a friend of mine owned the 901 speakers.