Matthew Lorber Explained

Matthew Lorber (December 26, 1934 – October 21, 2022) was an American electrical engineer and entrepreneur.

Early life and education

Lorber was raised in Brooklyn, NY, with his parents (Jacob and Estelle Lorber), paternal grandparents (Ester), sisters Joan Rosenman and Elaine Rothstein, and his aunt Lenn. He attended P.S. 197 and graduated from Freeport High School on Long Island. He received his Bachelors (1956) and Masters (1958) degrees in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He married Susan Marriott Lorber in 1967.

Career

Lorber joined MIT's Instrumentation Lab (later Draper Labs), where he helped develop the inertial navigation system for the U.S. Navy's first submarine-launched ballistic missile. He founded Analog Devices with his classmate Ray Stata in 1965. He later founded Copley Controls, acquired by Analogic Corporation in 2008.

Philanthropy

Lorber established the Lorber Family Foundation dedicated to expanding opportunities for those less fortunate.