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November 8, 1923 – June 20, 2005
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Kilby, Jack S. (Jack St. Clair), 1923-2005
Jack St. Clair Kilby was Distinguished Professor Texas A&M University (1977-1985). Other institutional affiliations included Texas Instruments and Globe Union Inc. His research interests included integrated circuits and semiconductors.
November 8, 1923Birth, Jefferson City (Mo.).
1947Obtained BS, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Urbana (Ill.).
1947 – 1958Engineer, Globe-Union Incorporated, Milwaukee (Wis.).
1950Obtained MS, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (Wis.).
1958 – 2005Engineer to Assistant Vice President (1958-1970) and Consultant (1970-2005), Texas Instruments, Dallas (Tex.).
1969Awarded National Medal of Science.
1977 – 1985Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station (Tex.).
2000Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics "for his part in the invention of the integrated circuit".
June 20, 2005Death, Dallas (Tex.).
Applied physicist.
Applied physics and engineering.
Kilby, Ann
Daughter.
Kilby, Barbara Annegers
Wife. Married in 1948.
Kilby, Jane
Sister.
Kilby, Janet
Daughter.
Both won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2000 for separate projects.
Clarke, Edward N.
Green, Cecil Howard, 1900-2003
Both won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2000 for separate projects.
Globe-Union Incorporated
Engineer.
Texas A & M University. Department of Electrical Engineering
Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering.
Texas Instruments Incorporated
Engineer; Assistant Vice President; and Consultant.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Department of Electrical Engineering
Obtained BS (1947).
University of Wisconsin--Madison. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Obtained MS (1950).
American Vacuum Society interview collection, 1991-2013.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Important facts and clarifications of the invention and evolution of integrated circuits, [manuscript] 2005.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Jack Kilby manuscript, 1951.
Archives Center
Smithsonian Institution. National Museum of American History
MRC 601, 12th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20560, USA
Jack S. Kilby papers, 1878-2003 (bulk 1970-1998).
Manuscript Division
Library of Congress
James Madison Memorial Building, First Street and Independence Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20540, USA
Oral history interview with Jack S. Kilby [videorecording] / conducted by Donald E. Meyer for the History Committee of the AVS at the 44th Symposium, 1997 October.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Industrial physics history [audiorecording]: session V3 of the APS annual meeting, March 2008.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Cecil Howard Green, 1994 October 17.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Edward N. Clarke, 2010 September 27.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Audio Presentation (mp3): "Fifty Years of Scaling Jack Kilby's Invention"
The chip : how two Americans invented the microchip and launched a revolution / T.R. Reid.