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 1-2                          SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 437
 1-3           WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas takes pride in
 1-4     recognizing Jack Saint Clair Kilby, the former director of
 1-5     engineering and technology at Texas Instruments and the famed
 1-6     inventor of the integrated circuit, on his recent selection for
 1-7     this year's Nobel Prize for Physics; and
 1-8           WHEREAS, Jack Kilby began his meteoric career in 1947 with
 1-9     his employment at Centralab Division of Globe Union, Incorporated,
1-10     in Milwaukee; he joined Texas Instruments in Dallas in 1958, and
1-11     during that summer, he conceived and built the first electronic
1-12     circuit in which all of the components were fabricated in a single
1-13     piece of semiconductor material half the size of a paper clip; his
1-14     invention of the monolithic integrated circuit--the microchip--made
1-15     history with its successful laboratory demonstration on
1-16     September 12, 1958; and
1-17           WHEREAS, Jack Kilby's invention of the microchip laid the
1-18     conceptual and technical foundation for the entire field of modern
1-19     microelectronics and made possible the advanced computers and
1-20     networks that form today's information age; and
1-21           WHEREAS, In addition, Mr. Kilby went on to pioneer military,
1-22     industrial, and commercial applications of microchip technology
1-23     and later co-invented the hand-held calculator and the thermal
 2-1     printer for use in portable data terminals; he now holds over 60
 2-2     United States patents; and
 2-3           WHEREAS, Mr. Kilby is the recipient of two of the nation's
 2-4     most prestigious honors in science and engineering; he received
 2-5     the National Medal of Science in 1970 and was inducted into the
 2-6     National Inventors Hall of Fame in 1982, taking his place along
 2-7     with such innovative giants as Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, and the
 2-8     Wright Brothers; and
 2-9           WHEREAS, A man of great vision who has distinguished himself
2-10     through his professional accomplishments, Jack Kilby is one of the
2-11     elite group of people around the world who can truly be credited
2-12     with changing history and for helping to establish the basis of
2-13     all modern technology; now, therefore, be it
2-14           RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas,
2-15     77th Legislature, hereby commend Jack Saint Clair Kilby on
2-16     his outstanding achievements and extend congratulations to him
2-17     on earning the Nobel Prize for Physics; and, be it further
2-18           RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for
2-19     Jack Kilby as an expression of esteem from the Texas Senate.
2-20                                                                 Shapiro
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2-22                                          President of the Senate
2-23                                       I hereby certify that the above
2-24                                  Resolution was adopted by the Senate
2-25                                  on March 12, 2001.
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2-27                                          Secretary of the Senate
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2-29                                           Member, Texas Senate