Orion Lindel Hoch

Background

Hoch, Orion Lindel was born on December 21, 1928 in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Orion L.F. and Ann Marie (McNulty) Hoch.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Carnegie Mellon University, 1952. Master of Science, University of California at Los Angeles, 1954. Doctor of Philosophy, Stanford University, 1957.

Career

With Hughes Aircraft Company, Culver City, California, 1952-1954. With Stanford Electronics Laboratories, 1954-1957. Senior engineer, department manager, division vice president, division president Litton Electron Devices division, San Carlos, California, 1957-1968.

Group executive Litton Components division, 1968-1970. Vice president Litton Industries, Inc., Beverly Hills, California, 1970, senior vice president, 1971-1974, president, 1982-1988, chief executive officer, 1986-1993, chairman, 1988-1994, chairman emeritus, since 1994, also director. President Intersil, Inc., Cupertino, 1974-1982.

Chairman executive committee Western Atlas, Inc., Beverly Hills, 1994-1998.

Membership

Trustee Carnegie-Mellon University Served with Army of the United States, 1946-1948. Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, Phi Kappa Phi.

Connections

Married Jane Lee Ogan, June 12, 1952 (deceased 1978). Children: Andrea, Brenda, John. Married Catherine Nan Richardson, September 12, 1980.

Father:

Orion L.F. Hoch

Mother:

Ann Marie (McNulty) Hoch

Spouse:

Jane Lee Ogan

Spouse:

Catherine Nan Richardson

child:

Andrea Hoch

child:

Brenda Hoch

child:

John Hoch