Background
Gibbons, James Franklin was born on September 19, 1931 in Leavenworth, Kansas, United States. Son of Clifford Hugh and Mary Jewel (Petty) Gibbons.
Electrical engineering educator
Gibbons, James Franklin was born on September 19, 1931 in Leavenworth, Kansas, United States. Son of Clifford Hugh and Mary Jewel (Petty) Gibbons.
Bachelor of Science, Northwestern University, 1953. Doctor of Philosophy, Stanford University, 1956.
Professor electrical engineering, Stanford University, California, 1956-1984, 96-;
Reid Weaver Dennis professor electrical engineering, Stanford University, California, 1983-1984, 96-;
dean School Engineering, Stanford University, California, 1984-1996;
Frederick Emmons Terman professor engineering, Stanford University, 1984-1996. Board directors Centigram, Cisco Systems, Raychem Corporation, Menlo Park, California, Lockheed Martin, Bethesda, Maryland., El Paso (Texas) Energy. Founder, chairman Sera Learning Technologies.
Consultant Shockley Transistor Corporation, 1957-1963, Fairchild Semiconductor, 1964-1971, Avantek, Inc., 1964-1991. Chairman graduate fellowship panel National Science Foundation, 1967-1970. Member Newman committee Department of Health, Education and Welfare Task Force on Higher Education, 1969-1974.
Member educational technical panel President Science Advisory Committee, 1971-1973. Fulbright guest lecturer European universities. Visiting professor nuclear physicsdept.
University of Oxford, 1970-1971. Visiting professor U. Tokyo, 1971. Consultant electronics branch Atomic Energy Research Establishment, 1971.
Member science team forexchanges on ion implanation and beam processing United States National Academy Sciences, 1971, 76, 77, 79, 81.
(Book by Gibbons, James F.)
Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Jack A. Morton award 1980, Education medal 1985, Solid State Science and Technical award Electrochemical Society 1989, 3d Millenium medal 2001). Member National Academy Engineering, National Academy of Sciences, Swedish Academy Engineering Sciences, Norwegian Academy Technology Sciences, American Academy Arts and Sciences, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi (award for outstanding undergraduate engineering teaching 1976), Eta Kappa Nu.
Married Mary Lynn Krywick. Children— Robert, Sally, Laura.