Cecil H. Green

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Cecil H. Green

Sir Cecil Howard Green (born August 6, 1900 in Whitefield , Greater Manchester , † April 12, 2003 in La Jolla , California ) was a British - American electrical engineer , geophysicist , entrepreneur ( Texas Instruments ) and philanthropist .

When Cecil H. Green was a child, his family emigrated to Canada . After studying at the University of British Columbia , he acquired in 1924 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology the degree Master in Electrical Engineering . As a young engineer, Green pursued various professions, including working for entrepreneur Charles Litton . From 1932 Green worked for Geophysical Service, Inc. (GSI), a company that explored oil using seismic methods and later developed the production of electronic components as an additional business area.

In 1941 Cecil Green bought together with Eugene McDermott, J. Eric Jonsson and H. Bates Peacock GSI, which was renamed Texas Instruments in 1951 . Texas Instruments entered the semiconductor business in 1952 , launched the first pocket-sized transistor radio in 1954 and developed the integrated circuit in 1958 ( Jack Kilby , Nobel Prize in Physics 2000). Green was Vice President from 1941 to 1951 and President of Texas Instruments from 1951 to 1955. In 1975 he retired as a very wealthy man.

Green was married to Ida Mabelle Flansburgh († 1986) since 1926. The couple remained childless and have distinguished themselves as patrons of numerous scientific and medical institutions in the United States, Canada, Great Britain, and Australia. The couple's endowments exceeded $ 200 million in total.

"The idea is to get down to my last nickel before I die."

"The main idea is to spend my money down to the last nickel before I die."

- Cecil H. Green

Green has received numerous awards for his commitment, including the Maurice Ewing Medal of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists in 1978 (first prize winner), the Public Welfare Medal of the National Academy of Sciences in 1979 (together with his wife, Ida M. Green) and in 1994 the Waldo E. . Smith Award of the American Geophysical Union . Green and his wife were elected members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1970, and in 1991 he was beaten to a Knight Bachelor degree . He has received honorary doctorates from several universities, including the University of Oxford .

The Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) has presented a Cecil Green Enterprise Award since 1989 . The asteroid (4058) Cecilgreen is named after Cecil Green.

The Cecil H. Green Library at Stanford University

The main library at Stanford University is called the Cecil H. Green Library . At the University of Oxford , Green Templeton College was founded by Cecil Green. There is also a Green College at the University of British Columbia in Canada . At the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas was the Cecil H. and Ida Green Center for Reproductive Biology Sciences , and at the at University of Texas Dallas , the Cecil and Ida Green Center for the Study of Science and Society of Cecil Green and his wife Sponsored. The Cecil H. and Ida M. Green Foundation for Earth Sciences is named after Green and his wife . The list of organizations sponsored by Green and his wife is 18 printed pages in his 1989 biography.

Green died in 2003 at the age of 102 from complications from pneumonia in a hospital he had donated, the Scripps Green Hospital in La Jolla, California.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Philanthropist Cecil Green dies at 102. In: news.mit.edu. April 18, 2003, accessed June 17, 2017 .
  2. ↑ a b Honors and Awards Bestowed by the Society of Exploration Geophysicists. In: seg.org. February 13, 2071, accessed June 14, 2017 .
  3. ^ Public Welfare Medal. In: nasonline.org. Retrieved June 14, 2017 .
  4. ^ Waldo E. Smith Medal (INACTIVE) - Honors Program. In: honors.agu.org. August 30, 2011, accessed June 14, 2017 .
  5. ↑ Book of Members 1780 – present (PDF, 1.1 MB) at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org); accessed on June 14, 2017.
  6. ^ Entry in the Library of Congress : LCCN  n83-171991
  7. ^ Entry in the Library of Congress : LCCN  no98-130404
  8. ↑ Entry in the common authority file : GND 1087413699
  9. ^ Entry in the Library of Congress : LCCN  n86-809772

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SURNAME Green, Cecil H.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Green, Cecil Howard; Green, Cecil
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British-American electrical engineer, geophysicist, entrepreneur and patron
DATE OF BIRTH August 6, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Whitefield , Greater Manchester
DATE OF DEATH April 12, 2003
Place of death La Jolla , California