Background
Sparks, Morgan was born on July 6, 1916 in Pagosa Springs, Colorado, United States. Son of Harry Lysinger and Pearl (Morgan) Sparks.
Sparks, Morgan was born on July 6, 1916 in Pagosa Springs, Colorado, United States. Son of Harry Lysinger and Pearl (Morgan) Sparks.
Bachelor, Rice University, 1938. Master of Arts, Rice University, 1940. Doctor of Philosophy, University Illinois, 1943.
Sparks directed Sandia National Laboratories. Sparks was born in Pagosa Springs, Colorado and became an undergraduate at Rice University and then did his Doctor of Philosophy work in physical chemistry at the University of Illinois, Urbana. Sparks went on to work at Bell Labs where John Bardeen, Walter Brattain and William Shockley were developing the first transistor.
Sparks stayed at Bell Labs and worked there to develop the microwatt bipolar junction transistor which helped make transistors practical enough for common use.
Later, Sparks left Bell Labs to become the director of Sandia National Laboratories.
Fellow American Physical Society, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Jack A. Morton award 1977), American Institute Chemists. Member American Chemical Society, National Academy Engineering, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Phi Lambda Upsilon.
Married Elizabeth MacEvoy, April 30, 1949 (deceased 2006). Children: Margaret Ellen, Patricia Rae, Morgan MacEvoy, Gordon K.