By Monty Jones
This biography details the life and career of George Kozmetsky, a prominent twentieth-century Texas educator, businessman, technology innovator, and philanthropist.
Series: Tower Books Imprint
Publisher: Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
Book Details: 550 pages, 6 x 9 inches, illustrations
ISBN: 978-0-9997318-0-2
Publication Status: In Print
Throughout his career as an industrialist, an educator, a visionary supporter of new technologies, an advocate for worldwide economic development, and a philanthropist, George Kozmetsky pursued and promoted constructive interactions among the often-contending worlds of academia, government, and private-sector business. He personified these interactions as a founder of Teledyne, a dean of the business school at the University of Texas at Austin, an academic researcher at the university’s IC2 Institute, a promoter of new technologies, and a consultant to entrepreneurs and government agencies.
