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Vanu Bose, Wayland Grad, MIT Member, Software Engineer, Dies

Vanu, who graduated in the Wayland High School Class of 1983, died at age 52.

WAYLAND, MA—Vanu Bose ’87, SM ’94, PhD ’99, a leading software executive and a member of the MIT Corporation with deep ties to the Institute, died on Saturday at age 52 due to a sudden pulmonary embolism, announced MIT.

Bose founded Vanu, Inc., which is a firm that provides wireless infrastructure throughout the world, and was the first company to receive certification for software-defined radio from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission. The technology is rooted in Bose's research while at MIT. Read the full story from MIT here.

WaylandeNews reports that Bose was a member of the Wayland High School Class of '83, and also lists articles featuring Bose.

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