| Interviewee | GREEN, Cecil H. (b. 1900) |
| Professions | Founder of Texas Instruments |
| Interview ID # | OHB 0007 |
| Date(s) of interview | |
| Description | 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. |
| Interviewer(s) | Donald Caruth |
| Physical Description | 106 pp. |
| Terms of Use | Open |
