Intergenerational Dialogue - Dr. Gene Meieran and Commissioner Sharon Meieran

Gene Meieran received his B.S. Degree in Metallurgy from Purdue University in 1959 and his Doctor's degree in Material's Science from MIT in 1963. He joined Fairchild Semiconductor R&D in 1963, specializing in analysis and characterization of semiconductor device materials, and joined Intel in 1973 as Manager of Package Development. In 1985, he was appointed as Intel, second Fellow, He was named Senior Intel Fellow in 2003. Click HERE for more.

Sharon grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. She graduated from UC Berkeley with Bachelor of Arts degrees in English and Economics, and attended law school at Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco. Sharon engaged in different practice areas of law, including general complex civil litigation, intellectual property law, and volunteering in children's advocacy, as a counselor on a child abuse prevention crisis line, in family law, and in class action litigation on behalf of children in areas of health, education and juvenile justice reform. Sharon subsequently attended UCSF medical school in San Francisco and now practices emergency medicine in Portland. Click HERE for more.