Alfred Mann | |
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Born | 1925[1] |
Died | February 25, 2016 (aged 90) |
Nationality | United States |
Education | B.A. and M.S. (UCLA) |
Occupation(s) | entrepreneur and philanthropist |
Spouse(s) | --Beverly Mann (divorced, 3 children) --Second spouse (divorced, 3 children) --Susan Mann (divorced) --Claude Mann (1 adopted daughter Cassandra Mann) |
Alfred E. Mann (1925 – February 25, 2016), also known as Al Mann, was an American entrepreneur and philanthropist. In 1956, Mann founded Spectrolab, the first of his aerospace companies. He also founded Heliotek, a semiconductor company, that became a major supplier of solar cells for spacecraft.
Mann died from a heart attack on February 25, 2016 after collapsing on an airplane before it took off in Las Vegas, Nevada at the age of 90.[2]