Patrick E. Haggerty

Patrick Eugene Haggerty
Born(1914-03-17)March 17, 1914
DiedOctober 1, 1980(1980-10-01) (aged 66)
Dallas, Texas, US
Alma materMarquette University (BS)
SpouseBeatrice
Children5
AwardsIEEE Founders Medal (1968)
IRI Medal (1969)
John Fritz Medal (1971)
Scientific career
InstitutionsGeophysical Service Inc., Texas Instruments

Patrick Eugene Haggerty (17 March 1914 – 1 October 1980) was an American engineer and businessman. He was a co-founder and former president and chairman of Texas Instruments, Incorporated (TI). Under his leadership, the company grew from a small Texas oil exploration company into a global leader in the semiconductor industry. During his tenure, TI invested in transistors when their commercial value was still much in question, created the first silicon transistor, the first commercial transistor radio, the first integrated circuit, and helped develop and produce the first single chip microprocessor.[1]

  1. ^ The Lost History of the Transistor Archived April 9, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, IEEE Spectrum, May 2004.