Background
Howard, William Gates was born on November 6, 1941 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William Gates and Mary Louise Howard.
Howard, William Gates was born on November 6, 1941 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William Gates and Mary Louise Howard.
Bachelor of Electrical Engineering, Cornell Univercity, 1964; Master of Science, Cornell Univercity, 1965; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California-Berkeley, 1967.
Assistant professor department electrical engineering and computer science, University of California-Berkeley, 1967-1969;
group operations manager, Motorola Semicondr. Group, Mesa, Arizona, 1969-1976;
vice-president, director technical and planning, Motorola Semicondr. Sector, Phoenix, 1976-1983;
vice-president, director research and development, Motorola Inc., Schaumburg, Illinois, 1983-1987;
senior fellow, National Academy of Engineering, Washington, 1987-1991.
Director BEI Technologies, Inc., Credence Systems, Inc., Ramtron Internat Corporation, Very-large-scale integration Technologies, Inc. Xilinx, Inc., Sandia Corporation, Lockheed-Martin Energy Research Company, Lockheed-Martin Idaho Technologies Company. Chairman semiconductor tech.adv. committee unites states department Commerce, 1978-1983.
Chairman advisory group on electrondevices Department Defense, since 1982, member defense science board, since 1996. Member study commission on technical and implications of Very-large-scale integration, NAS, 1980. Chairman visiting commission on advanced technical National Institute Studies and Technology, 1988-1992.
Chairman Defense Science Bd.Task Force on Microelectronics Research Facilities, 1991-1992. Member Sandia President Advisory Council, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Advisory Council.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (vice chairman circuits and systems society 1976-1978). Member National Academy of Engineering, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, Eta Kappa Nu, Tau Beta Pi.
Married Kathleen Louretta Shipp, June 4, 1983.