Pat Haggerty

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Patrick Eugene Haggerty (born March 17, 1914 in Harvey , North Dakota , † October 1, 1980 in Dallas ) was an American manager. Haggerty was a co-founder and chairman of the board of directors of Texas Instruments from 1958 to 1976 .

biography

Haggerty was born on March 17, 1914 to Michael Eugene and Lillian (Evenson) Haggerty. He was married and had five children. As a teenager, he built an award-winning radio, ran his own radio show, and was one of the first amateur radio operators in North Dakota. From 1931 to 1936 he attended the private, Catholic Marquette University in Milwaukee , from which he graduated with the distinction " summa cum laude ". In addition to his studies, he already had a part-time position at the “Badger Carton Company”, where he was taken on as production manager after completing his studies. In the following year, he was given responsibility for all administrative, engineering and manufacturing functions. During the Second World War Haggerty served in the United States Naval Reserve of the United States Navy , in the "Bureau of Aeronautics". There he was responsible for the entire procurement and production of electronic devices for the naval aviation and rose to the rank of lieutenant.

From 1945 he worked for the "Geophysical Service Incorporated" (GSI) in Dallas as general manager; a company that uses new technologies. The GSI became Texas Instruments Incorporated in 1951 . Haggerty initially became Vice President and was President of the company from 1958 to 1980. Under his leadership, the technology manufacturer's annual sales grew from approximately $ 3 million to nearly $ 1.4 billion in 1975.

Haggerty was married to Beatrice "Menne" Haggerty (1913-2003) and had several children.

Works (selection)

Fonts
  • Management philosophies and practices of Texas Instruments Incorporated. Dallas 1965, OCLC 1117105 .
  • Salute to an ocean racer, Bay Bea. 1972 OCLC 38033837 .
  • The productive society. Carnegie Press, Pittsburgh 1973, ISBN 0-231-03864-X .
Audio book
  • Productivity in education. American Educational Research Association, 1974, OCLC 12601867 .

Honors

year Honorary title year Awards
1959 Doctor of Laws from St. Mary's University (Texas) 1964 Distinguished Service Award from the University of Wisconsin
1960 Doctor of Laws from Marquette University 1966 "Distinguished Alumnus Award" from Marquette University
1962 Doctor of Engineering from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn 1967 "Electronic Industries Association Medal of Honor"
1964 Doctor of Laws from the University of Dallas 1968 "Founders Award" from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
1967 Doctor of Science from North Dakota State University 1969 "Industrial Research Institute Medalist" and "Eminent Member" of Eta Kappa Nu
1971 Doctor of Laws from the Catholic University 1971 "John Fritz Medalist"
1972 Doctor of Engineering from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1972 "Alumnus of the Year Award" from Marquette University and "WEMA Medal of Achievement"
1974 Doctor of Engineering from the University of Notre Dame 1975 "Henry Laurence Gantt Medal"
estate

Haggerty and his wife Beatrice donated some of their property to found the Patrick and Beatrice Haggerty Museum of Art at Marquette University.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b Patrick Eugene Haggerty on findagrave.com
  2. Richard M. Perdue: Haggerty, Patrick Eugene at tshaonline.org, accessed July 30, 2013.
  3. a b Patrick Eugene Haggerty on ti.com
  4. About the Haggerty Museum of Art on marquette.edu