Skyline resident Al MacRae is delighted to finally see highly qualified scientists being elevated to positions of importance in the Biden administration. Click here to see these distinguished persons. Al, we are so pleased, along with you, to see your fellow National Academy members in key positions.
While MacRae has celebrated his ancestry through music (bagpipes), he is equally at home in the laboratory. The former pipe major is renowned in the fields of electronics and communications equipment. Upon earning degrees, including a Ph.D. in physics from the College of Arts and Sciences, he embarked on a 35-year career at Bell Telephone Labs in New Jersey. MacRae started out in the Basic Physics area, studying the location of atoms on surfaces; in time, he pioneered the development of silicon integrated circuits and satellite communications technology. He is the holder of 18 patents and is a member of numerous trade organizations, including the National Academy of Engineering, home to more than 2,000 peer-elected luminaries in business, government and academia.