Ray's sister, Joan Stata, was five years older and worked as a nurse in Wilmington, Delaware.
After high school, Stata earned Bachelor of Science and Master's degrees from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
The two reside in the Boston area, where they raised their son Raymie (born 1968) and daughter Nicole.
[3] Nicole graduated from the Grossman School of Business at the University of Vermont and is also an entrepreneur, having started Deploy Solutions, which she sold to Kronos in 2007.
[5] In 1965, Ray founded Analog Devices, Inc. with MIT classmate Matthew Lorber in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
[13] With MHTC, Stata has advocated for engineering education and university research funding as a shared responsibility of government and industry.
[26] Ray Stata is a member of the Board of Directors for Nano-C, a leading producer of patented nanostructured carbon, including fullerenes and single-walled nanotubes.
Nano-C is at the forefront of enabling groundbreaking change to semiconductors, mobile devices and renewable energy,” Stata said.