Akio Morita vs Feza Gürsey
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Compare the life timelines of Akio Morita (1921–1999) and Feza Gürsey (1921–1992) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 71 years, from 1921 to 1992.
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Akio Morita (1921–1999)
- — Born in Nagoya, Japan Verified
- — Graduated in physics from Osaka Imperial University Verified
- — Met Masaru Ibuka during wartime naval research Verified
- — Co-founded Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo Verified
- — Company renamed Sony Verified
- — Moved his family to the United States Verified
- — Became chairman of Sony Verified
- — Launch of the Sony Walkman Verified
- — Sony acquired Columbia Pictures Verified
- — Died in Tokyo, Japan Verified
Feza Gürsey (1921–1992)
- — Born in Istanbul, Turkey Verified
- — Graduated from Istanbul University Verified
- — Doctorate at Imperial College London Verified
- — Research positions in the United States
- — Professor at the Middle East Technical University in Ankara
- — Joined the physics faculty at Yale University Verified
- — Published the Gürsey-Radicati mass formula Verified
- — Awarded the J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Prize
- — Awarded the Wigner Medal Verified
- — Died in New Haven, Connecticut Verified