Editing William Shockley (section)

==Personal life==
At age 23 and while still a student, Shockley married Jean Bailey in August 1933. The couple had two sons and a daughter.<ref>[https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/btshoc.html A Science Odyssey: People and Discoveries: William Shockley] PBS</ref> Shockley separated from her in 1953.<ref name=":4" /> He married Emily Lanning, a psychiatric nurse, in 1955; she helped him with some of his theories.<ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Hoddeson |first=Lillian |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1162253791 |title=True genius : the life and science of John Bardeen : the only winner of two Nobel Prizes in physics |date=2002 |others=Vicki Daitch |isbn=0-309-16954-2 |location=Washington, District of Columbia |oclc=1162253791}}</ref> Although one of his sons earned a PhD at Stanford University and his daughter graduated from Radcliffe College, Shockley believed his children "represent a very significant regression ... my first wife – their mother – had not as high an academic-achievement standing as I had".<ref name=latimesobit/>

Shockley was an accomplished rock climber, going often to the [[Shawangunk Ridge|Shawangunks]] in the [[Hudson Valley|Hudson River Valley]]. His route across an overhang, known as "Shockley's Ceiling", is one of the classic climbing routes in the area.<ref name="Crystal Fire p. 132"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mountainproject.com/route/105799687/shockleys-ceiling |title=Shockley's Ceiling  |website=[[Mountain Project]] |access-date=December 12, 2018}}
</ref> [[Mountain Project]], a web-based [[climbing guidebook]], changed the route's name to "The Ceiling" in 2020 due to Shockley's eugenics controversies.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rock Climb The Ceiling, The Gunks|url=https://www.mountainproject.com/route/105799687/the-ceiling|access-date=September 16, 2020|website=Mountain Project}}</ref> He was popular as a speaker, lecturer, and amateur magician. He once "magically" produced a bouquet of roses at the end of his address before the [[American Physical Society]]. He was also known in his early years for elaborate practical jokes.<ref>''Crystal Fire'' p. 45</ref> He had a longtime hobby of raising [[Ant colony|ant colonies]].<ref name=":1" />

Shockley [[donated sperm]] to the [[Repository for Germinal Choice]], a [[sperm bank]] founded by [[Robert Klark Graham]] in hopes of spreading humanity's best [[gene]]s. The bank, called by the media the "Nobel Prize sperm bank", claimed to have three Nobel Prize-winning donors, though Shockley was the only one to publicly acknowledge his involvement.<ref>{{cite news | newspaper=The Daily Register | date=September 19, 1982 | page=47 | title='Banker's' assets misdirected | last=Kulman | first=Doris | quote=According to the bank's owner-operator, California millionaire Robert T. Graham, three Nobel Prize-winning scientists are among those who have sperm on deposit. | url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120466259/repository-for-germinal-choice-three/}}</ref> However, Shockley's controversial views brought the Repository for Germinal Choice a degree of notoriety and may have discouraged other Nobel Prize winners from donating sperm.<ref>{{cite news |author=Polly Morrice |title=The Genius Factory: Test-Tube Superbabies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/03/books/review/03MORRICE.html?ei=5088&en=859598b50aab62e1&ex=1278043200&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&pagewanted=all# |work=The New York Times |date=July 3, 2005 |access-date=February 12, 2008}}</ref>

Shockley was unhappy in his life and was often [[psychological abuse|psychologically]] and sometimes [[physical abuse|physically abusive]] toward his sons.<ref>''Broken Genius'' p. 91–92</ref> On one occasion, he reportedly played [[Russian roulette]] on himself as part of a [[suicide attempt]].<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |date=1999 |title=Transistorized! William Shockley |url=https://www.pbs.org/transistor/album1/shockley/shockley2.html |access-date=2022-07-10 |website=www.pbs.org}}</ref><ref>''Broken Genius'' pp. 78</ref>

===Death===
Shockley died of [[prostate cancer]] in 1989 at the age of 79.<ref name="obit">{{cite news|date=August 14, 1989|title=William B. Shockley, 79, Creator of Transistor and Theory on Race|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0213.html|url-status=dead|access-date=July 21, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091015051326/https://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0213.html|archive-date=October 15, 2009|quote=He drew further scorn when he proposed financial rewards for the ''genetically disadvantaged'' if they volunteered for [[Sterilization (medicine)|sterilization]].}}</ref> At the time of his death, he was estranged from most of his friends and family, except his second wife, the former Emmy Lanning (1913–2007). His children reportedly learned of his death by reading his obituary in the newspaper.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/transistor/album1/shockley/shockley3.html |access-date=January 1, 2015 |title=William Shockley (Part 3 of 3): Confusion over Credit |website=[[PBS]] |date=1999}}</ref>{{Bcn|date=February 2024}} Shockley is interred at [[Alta Mesa Memorial Park]] in Palo Alto, California.