Jack Melchor

Career After completing his doctoral work, Melchor relocated to California where he began employment at Sylvania Electronic Defense Labs.

After leaving Hewlett-Packard in 1968, Melchor became a technology-focused venture capitalist through his own firm.

Melchor retired in 1980 but returned to work shortly thereafter advising the British government on venture operations, for which he took a nominal salary of one pound annually. He retired a final time in 1990.

Personal life Melchor was married to his wife, Norma (née Bair), from 1946 until her 2012 death. He was a longtime resident of Los Altos, California. The couple stayed at the London hotel annually for a period of 40 years and were interviewed in the BBC documentary about it, Inside Claridge's. Melchor also volunteered as president of the Montclaire School PTA, as a Cub Scouts den master, and as a member of the University of Notre Dame Engineering Advisory Council. He was named "Los Altan of the Year" for 2007 by the Los Altos Town Crier and received the University of Notre Dame's 1967 Centennial of Science citation.