Fairchild Camera and Instrument had a long history in aviation, cameras and instruments with multiple long-term military contracts. And near the end of the 1950s, Fairchild stock went on a market tear after pioneering the semiconductor industry, and its share price jumped roughly 10-fold. It all started in 1957, when founder Sherman Fairchild funded a new…
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