| 词条 | Uncas A. Whitaker |
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{{Infobox person | name = Uncas A. Whitaker | image = U a whitaker.jpg | caption = U. A. Whitaker | birth_date = {{Birth date|1900|03|22}} | birth_place = Lincoln, Kansas | death_date = {{Death date and age|1975|09||1900|03|22}} | death_place = Maine | occupation = Mechanical engineer Chemical engineer lawyer entrepreneur philanthropist }}Uncas Aeneas Whitaker (March 22, 1900 – September 1975)[1] was a prominent mechanical engineer, electrical engineer, lawyer, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. Raised in Missouri, he received a mechanical engineering degree at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, an electrical engineering degree from Carnegie Institute of Technology and a law degree from the Cleveland Law School.[2] At the age of 41, he founded Aircraft-Marine Products, AMP Incorporated, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, which would become the world's largest manufacturer of electrical devices and connectors.[3] His company was instrumental in the development of miniature components and advanced computer technologies which have been incorporated into literally thousands of business operations and commercial products.[2] When Whitaker died in 1975, he left part of his fortune for a foundation to improve people's lives primarily by supporting Biomedical engineering research and education. Money provided for the Whitaker Foundation by Whitaker and his wife, Helen Whitaker, totaled $120 million. In 1994, the foundation was the sixty-first largest foundation in the United States with assets of $340 million and annual expenditures of $26 million. During his lifetime, Whitaker also created a philanthropic program to improve the quality of life in the Harrisburg area, AMP's home community. Today the Harrisburg-area Regional Program continues this initiative.[4] Notable things named after U. A. Whitaker include:
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References1. ^Anthony Hallett, Diane Hallett, Entrepreneur Magazine Encyclopedia of Entrepreneurs, 1997: John Wiley and Sons, pp. 286-287 ({{ISBN|0471175366}}) 2. ^1 {{cite web| url=http://www.hbs.edu/leadership/database/leaders/uncas_a_whitaker.html| year=2004| title=20th Century Great American Business Leaders|first=| last=| publisher=Harvard Business School| accessdate=2008-06-16}} 3. ^{{cite web|title=AMP Incorporated History|url=http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/amp-incorporated-history/|website=fundinguniverse.com|accessdate=10 March 2016}} 4. ^1 {{ cite press release | url=http://bluestream.wustl.edu/WhitakerArchives/98_annual_report/about.html| title = About the Whitaker Foundation | publisher = Whitaker Foundation 1998 Annual Report| year = 1999 | accessdate = 2007-01-05 }} External links
10 : Engineers from Pennsylvania|American manufacturing businesspeople|Philanthropists from Pennsylvania|Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni|Carnegie Mellon University College of Engineering alumni|People from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania|People from Lincoln Center, Kansas|People from Missouri|1900 births|1975 deaths |
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