Patrick Eugene Haggerty (March 17 1914 – October 1 1980) was an
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and businessman. He was a co-founder and former president and chairman of
Texas InstrumentsTexas Instruments , widely known as TI, is an American company based in Dallas, Texas, United States, renowned for developing and commercializing semiconductor and computer technology. TI is the No. 4 manufacturer of semiconductors worldwide after Intel, Samsung and Toshiba, and is the top supplier...
, Incorporated. Haggerty is most responsible for turning a small Texas oil exploration company into the leader in semiconductors that Texas Instruments is today. Under his influence the company invested in transistors when their commercial value was still much in question; his company created the first silicon transistor, the first commercial transistor radio, and the first integrated circuit.
Pat Haggerty was born in
Harvey, North DakotaHarvey is a city in Wells County, North Dakota in the United States. The population was 1,989 at the 2000 census. Harvey was founded in 1893 as a division point by the Soo Line Railway. According to the book published in 1981 on the 75th anniversary of the town's incorporation as a city in 1906,...
, the son of Michael Eugene and Lillian (Evenson) Haggerty in 1914.
Patrick Eugene Haggerty (March 17 1914 – October 1 1980) was an
AmericanThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
engineerEngineers are concerned with developing economical and safe solutions to practical problems, by applying mathematics and scientific knowledge while considering technical constraints. The term is derived from the Latin root "ingenium," meaning "cleverness"...
and businessman. He was a co-founder and former president and chairman of
Texas InstrumentsTexas Instruments , widely known as TI, is an American company based in Dallas, Texas, United States, renowned for developing and commercializing semiconductor and computer technology. TI is the No. 4 manufacturer of semiconductors worldwide after Intel, Samsung and Toshiba, and is the top supplier...
, Incorporated. Haggerty is most responsible for turning a small Texas oil exploration company into the leader in semiconductors that Texas Instruments is today. Under his influence the company invested in transistors when their commercial value was still much in question; his company created the first silicon transistor, the first commercial transistor radio, and the first integrated circuit.
Early life
Pat Haggerty was born in
Harvey, North DakotaHarvey is a city in Wells County, North Dakota in the United States. The population was 1,989 at the 2000 census. Harvey was founded in 1893 as a division point by the Soo Line Railway. According to the book published in 1981 on the 75th anniversary of the town's incorporation as a city in 1906,...
, the son of Michael Eugene and Lillian (Evenson) Haggerty in 1914. As a youth he built his own radio and was one of the first
amateur radioAmateur radio, often called ham radio, is both a hobby and a service in which participants, called "hams," use various types of radio communications equipment to communicate with other radio amateurs for public service, recreation and self-training....
operators in
North DakotaNorth Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States of America; on the Canadian border halfway between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. North Dakota is the 19th largest state by area in the U.S.; it is the 3
rd least populous, with just over 641,481 residents as...
. In 1936 Pat graduating summa cum laude from the
Marquette UniversityMarquette University is a private, coeducational, Jesuit, Roman Catholic university located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Founded by the Society of Jesus in 1881, the school is one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities...
School of Electrical Engineering.
Career
In November, 1945 Haggerty joined GSI in Dallas as general manager of the newly formed Laboratory and Manufacturing Division, with responsibility for developing the research, engineering, and manufacturing phases of the company's operations. In December 1951 GSI became Texas Instruments, Incorporated. In 1951 Haggerty became executive vice president and director, in 1958 president, and in 1966 chairman, a post he held until retiring.
While at Texas Instruments Haggerty developed his concepts of Strategic Management. This resulted in his objectives, strategies, tactics (OST) system of managing innovation.
Haggerty was active in the
Institute of Radio EngineersThe Institute of Radio Engineers was a professional organization which existed from 1912 until January 1 1963, when it merged with the American Institute of Electrical Engineers to form the Institute of Electrical and Electronics 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 EngineersThe American Institute of Electrical Engineers was a United States based organization of electrical engineers that existed between 1884 and 1963...
(AIEE) into the present
Institute of Electrical and Electronics EngineersThe IEEE is an international non-profit, professional organization for the advancement of technology related to electricity. It has the most members of any technical professional organization in the world, with more than 365,000 members in around 150 countries.-History:The IEEE is incorporated in...
(IEEE). Haggerty was a Fellow of the IEEE. In 1968 Haggery 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.".
Legacy
Haggerty and his wife left part of their estate to found a museum of art at his
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which lead to the founding of the
Patrick and Beatrice Haggerty Museum of ArtThe Partick and Beatrice Haggerty Museum of Art, sometimes referred to simply as "the Haggerty", is located at 13th and Clybourn Streets on the campus of Marquette University in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States...
.
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