J. Erik Jonsson

J. Erik Jonsson

John Erik Jonsson (6 September, 1901 - 31 August, 1995) was a co-founder and former president of Texas Instruments Incorporated. A skillful businessman, he became mayor of Dallas and a philanthropist in later years.

Biography

Jonsson was a graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), class of 1922. In 1930 he co-founded Geophysical Service Inc., a firm destined to become Texas Instruments, the maker of electronic calculators.He was an Alpha Tau omega.

In later years, Jonsson also served four terms as mayor of Dallas, Texas.

Because of his donations, several buildings are named after Jonsson, including the J. Erik Jonsson Central Library in Dallas, and the well-known Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Texas at Dallas in Richardson. A trustee of RPI, he helped fund major campus improvements, leading the institute to name the Jonsson Engineering Center and Jonsson-Rowland Science Center in his honor.

External links

* [http://www.skidmore.edu/centennial/jonsson.htm From Skidmore College]
* [http://www.rpi.edu/about/hof/jonsson.html On Rensselaer's hall of fame]
* [http://www.ti.com/corp/docs/company/history/timeline/key/1990/images/65012-1.pdf "A tribute to J. Erik Jonsson" : bio from Texas Instruments]


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