Patrick E. Haggerty

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After his military service, where he met Erik Jonsson, a long serving officer of Geophysical Service Inc., he moved to Dallas in November 1945 and assumed a leadership role in the company as general manager of the newly formed Laboratory and Manufacturing Division. Since its inception in 1930, GSI had advanced the use of and furthered the technological development of the reflection seismograph in petroleum exploration. By 1945, Geophysical Service Inc. had produced a diverse array of manufactured items including anti-submarine detection devices, and a full line of equipment designed for oilfield exploration. The company also provided crews to perform petroleum exploration and consulting.

His ideas and leadership helped transform the L&M division into one of the world’s leading technology developers. In December 1951, GSI became Texas Instruments Incorporated, with Haggerty serving as executive vice president and director. In 1958, he served as president, and in 1966 he was named as chairman, serving in this post until his retirement. Important technological developments undertaken by TI during Haggerty's tenure included laser guided technologies for military applications, airborne radar, and night vision technology that utilized infrared. He also oversaw the development of thermal print heads for printers and in 1967 the company's production of hand-held calculators. Perhaps the single greatest invention of his era was TI's development and production of the single chip micro-processor around 1971. In the realm of geophysics, his tenure oversaw the company's efforts to advance the role of information technology in interpreting and recording seismographic data.

Haggerty was active in the Institute of Radio Engineers (IRE), serving as its president in 1962. He was co-chair of the committee that merged the (IRE) and the American Institute of Electrical Engineers (AIEE) into the present Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Haggerty was a Fellow of the IEEE. In 1968, he was awarded the IEEE Founders Medal "For outstanding contributions to the leadership of the electrical and electronics engineering profession, with special reference to the development of the worldwide semiconductor industry and service to the profession through his contributions leading to the creation of the IEEE.". In 1969, he was the IRI Medal recipient, awarded by the Industrial Research Institute.

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