The founder of Sprague Electric, Robert Sprague, had a brother, Julian, who was made vp of sales. Unlike his visionary, risk-taker brother who wanted to grow the company, Julian was a risk-averse, profit-oriented person. He hated his brother’s foray into semiconductors when Sprague licensed Bell’s point contact transistor in 1952. So Julian hired Arthur D …
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