Editing Wilson Greatbatch (section)

== Early years ==

Greatbatch was born in [[Buffalo, New York]] and attended public grade school at [[West Seneca, New York|West Seneca]] High School.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ethw.org/Oral-History:Wilson_Greatbatch|title=Oral-History:Wilson Greatbatch - Engineering and Technology History Wiki|website=ethw.org|language=en|access-date=2017-12-30}}</ref><ref name="nihof"/> He entered military service and served during World War II, becoming an aviation chief radioman before receiving an [[honorable discharge]] in 1945.<ref name="nihof"/> He attended [[Cornell University]] as part of the GI Bill, graduating with a B.E.E. in [[electrical engineering]] in 1950; he received a master's degree from the [[University at Buffalo, The State University of New York|University of Buffalo]] in 1957. Wilson loved fiddling with objects and this would lead to great things.<ref name="nihof"/>