MATTHEW LORBER

Matthew Lorber of Westwood, passed away on Friday, October 21, 2022 at the age of 87.

Matt was raised in Brooklyn, NY, where he lived with his parents, beloved sisters Joan Rosenman and Elaine Rothstein, and their paternal grandparents, who immigrated to the United States from Eastern Europe. He attended P.S. 197 and graduated from Freeport High School on Long Island.

Matt received his Bachelors (1956) and Masters (1958) degrees in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Upon graduating, he joined MIT’s Instrumentation Lab (Draper Labs), where he helped develop the inertial navigation system for the U.S. Navy’s first submarine-launched ballistic missile. He went on to found multiple companies, including Analog Devices with his classmate Raymond Stata and Copley Controls. More recently, he established the Lorber Family Foundation dedicated to expanding opportunities for those less fortunate.

Among his many accomplishments, he was most proud of his people – his colleagues from the boardroom to the factory floor, who knew him as a brilliant, yet empathetic and generous leader; and, most of all, his family:

He was the devoted and loving partner of Susan Marriott Lorber for more than 55 years; they shared countless days skiing in New Hampshire’s White Mountains, running along the Cape Cod coast, playing golf and rooting for the Boston Red Sox.

Matt cherished and supported his daughter, Sarah Jane Lorber and her husband Feliks Kogan at every turn, and was forever planning special experiences to share with his first grandson, Isaac Matthew Lorber Kogan. Throughout his lifetime he raised many dogs, who were so much more than pets.

A funeral service and burial for immediate family and close friends will be held at Mt Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, MA. In lieu of flowers, remembrances may be made to the Cardiac team at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.