David Lear Sulman of Weston passed away on Saturday, December 10th, surrounded by his loving family. He is survived by his beloved wife of 45 years, Rose-Jane (Bendetson) Sulman and his children Daniel Sulman of Cambridge, Kimberly and Jonathan Starkman of Longmeadow, Joseph and Heidi Sulman of Needham, and Julie and Jason Baer of South Burlington, Vermont. He was the dear brother of Sheila and Edward Doctoroff of Belmont and Margot (Nechama) and Lawrence (Aryeh) Cheses of Newton and the uncle of many nieces and nephews who loved and admired him. He will be so missed by his adored grandchildren Sam, Jacob, Ben, Gabe, Sydney and Lila who have beautiful memories of time spent with him in Weston and at his beach house in Falmouth.
David was born in New London, CT, to the late Dr. Morris and Doris Lear Sulman. He graduated with honors from Yale in 1965 and received an M.S. in electrical engineering from MIT in 1969. He spent his entire career at Teradyne developing automatic test equipment for semiconductors, rising to Executive Vice President. However, if asked what he did, he always simply stated that he was an engineer – a job he felt allowed him to use his intelligence, creative mind, and problem solving skills to their fullest. When he first started working people had no idea what he did for a living. He was happy that by the time he retired most had heard of computer chips and this was no longer a problem. As he wrote for his 50th Yale reunion, he considered himself very fortunate to have had “an inside seat at the computer revolution that changed the world.” After retiring at age 57, David found great happiness in finally having the time to appreciate, enjoy, and feel pride in the large, loving family he created with his wife.
Services will be held at Temple Aliyah, 1644 Central Ave, Needham, at 11am on Monday, December 12th. Burial in Beit Olam East Cemetery 42 Concord Road, Wayland. Shiva immediately following at his family’s home until 9 pm; Tuesday through Thursday 2-5 pm and 7-9 pm; Friday 11am-1pm, and Saturday 6-9 pm. with Minyan 7:30 pm daily except Friday. In lieu of flowers, remembrances may be made to MIT Annual Fund, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 600 Memorial Drive, W98-200, Cambridge, MA 02139-4822.
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