- James Fischer
James Fischer (
December 27 1927 -July 3 2004 ) was an Americanengineer , who developed high-purity silicon technology forTexas Instruments . cite news |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DM&p_theme=dm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=103AC74E206CAC0C&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |title=JAMES FISCHER: Innovator, top exec at Texas Instruments|author=Pat Gillerspie |date=July 5 2004 |work=Dallas Morning News |accessdate=]Born in
Boaz, Alabama , Fischer grew up inGentry, Arkansas . Fischer graduated from theUniversity of Arkansas and theMassachusetts Institute of Technology . Hired by Texas Instruments in 1955, Fischer, with a master's degree inchemical engineering , worked with the technical staff on high-puritysilicon , and helped develop the high-purity silicon manufacturing plant. In 1978 he became vice president of the company's worldwidesemiconductor operations, and in 1980, became executive vice president of the company.He retired from Texas Instruments in 1984 and died of cancer in 2004, in
Richardson, Texas .Notes
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