OHB 0007 | Oral History

OHB 0007

A founder of Texas Instruments. Family, education, and work background; education and experiences in electrical engineering; work and training with General Electric; development of Spencer Thermostat; work with Raytheon and Charles V. Litton; joining Geophysical Research in Oklahoma; meeting J. Erik Jonsson and rising through Geophysical Research; associations with Eugene McDermott, Karchor, De Golyer, Erik Jonsson, Roland Beers, H. B. Peacock, Pat Haggerty, and others; World War II; diversification into civilian goods during 1950s; development of transistors; his presidency of GSI; formation of Texas Instruments; views of relationship between corporations and educational institutions; government regulations; economic climate in Texas; reasons for his personal success, Texas Instruments’ success.

About this Oral History

Physical Description 106 pp.
Terms of Use Open
Interviewer(s) Donald Caruth
Date of Interview March 10, 1985

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