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    George Harry Heilmeier (May 22, 1936 – April 21, 2014) was an American engineer, manager, and a pioneering contributor to liquid crystal displays (LCDs)...
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  • Heilmeier is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: Franz Heilmeier (born 1930), German sailor George H. Heilmeier (1936–2014), American...
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    turned the research over to physicist George Heilmeier and moved on to other work. In 1964, RCA's George H. Heilmeier along with Louis Zanoni and chemist...
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  • 87, American politician, Mayor of San Jose (1975–1983), stroke. George H. Heilmeier, 77, American inventor and technology executive, championed LCD displays...
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  • invent.org/inductees/m-stephen-heilman https://www.invent.org/inductees/george-heilmeier https://www.invent.org/inductees/martin-hellman https://www.invent...
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    George Washington Goethals (/ˈɡoʊθəlz/ GOH-thəlz June 29, 1858 – January 21, 1928) was a United States Army general and civil engineer, best known for...
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  • George Heilmeier proposed the dynamic scattering effect which causes a strong scattering of light when the electric field applied to a special liquid crystal...
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    the AFSAB 50th Anniversary "New World Vistas" (1995) Co-chair (with George Heilmeier) of Defense Science Board Study on "Acquiring Defense Software Commercially"...
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  • Packard Dr. Donald Bitzer John F. Doyle Robert Galvin Andrew S. Grove George Heilmeier Dr. Nicholas Holonyak Howard Ladd Gordon Moore A.J. Richard John Roach...
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    their operation. George H. Heilmeier was inducted in the National Inventors Hall of Fame and credited with the invention of LCDs. Heilmeier's work is an IEEE...
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    1994: Alfred Y. Cho 1995: Lotfi A. Zadeh 1996: Robert Metcalfe 1997: George H. Heilmeier 1998: Donald Pederson 1999: Charles Concordia 2000: Andrew Grove...
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  • IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Distinguished Award (2012) George H. Heilmeier Faculty Award for Excellence in Research (2013) Member, National...
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    products, gene delivery systems, laundry aids, and biofuels 2012: George H. Heilmeier, Wolfgang Helfrich, Martin Schadt, and T. Peter Brody for their contributions...
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  • Puckett 1984: John K. Galt 1985: George Heilmeier 1986: William Hittinger 1987: Solomon J. Buchsbaum 1988: George F. Smith 1989: Klaus D. Bowers 1990:...
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    Willis Hawkins, George W. Housner 1989—Harry George Drickamer, Herbert E. Grier 1990—Mildred Dresselhaus, Nick Holonyak 1991—George H. Heilmeier, Luna Leopold...
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    domains (now known as Williams Domains). This led his colleague George H. Heilmeier to perform research on a liquid crystal-based flat panel display...
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  • of CapStar Bank. Francis deSouza – CEO and president of Illumina George H. Heilmeier* – vice president and Chief Technical Officer at Texas Instruments...
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    Cannon, former professional basketball player Gia Carangi, supermodel George H. Heilmeier, engineer who was contributor to the invention of LCDs Ed Neilson...
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    Contribution to Science 2006 - Member, Faculty of 1000 Biology 2010 - The George H. Heilmeier Faculty Award for Excellence in Research 2018 - Dean’s Catalyst Award...
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  • Austrian Holocaust survivor, author, and educator (b. 1905) 2014 – George H. Heilmeier, American engineer (b. 1936) 2014 – Win Tin, Burmese journalist and...
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  • 2005 George Tamaro 2004 John A. Swanson 2003 Robert S. Langer 2002 Daniel S. Goldin 2001 Paul C. W. Chu 2000 John W. Fisher 1999 George H. Heilmeier 1998...
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  • Award 2014 Elected Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors 2015 George H. Heilmeier Faculty Award for Excellence in Research 2017 Elected Fellow of the...
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    his career, working first under the "father of American bridge-building," George S. Morison. In 1893, Modjeski opened his own design office in Chicago. Joined...
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    "Zhores Ivanovich Alferov". Inamori Foundation. Retrieved 2016-10-15. "George H. Heilmeier". Inamori Foundation. Retrieved 2016-10-15. "Isamu Akasaki". Inamori...
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    the Revolutionary War Brigade Chaplain, who allegedly baptized President George Washington. Through John Gano they were 5th cousins 1 time removed of billionaire...
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    Frank Hastings Griffin—Chester Mary Hallock-Greenewalt—Philadelphia George H. Heilmeier—Philadelphia John Kanzius—Washington Samuel Kier—Conemaugh Township...
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    1995 : Lynn S. Beedle 1996 : George N. Hatsopoulos 1997 : Arthur E. Humphrey 1998 : Ivan A. Getting 1999 : George H. Heilmeier 2000– 2000 : John W. Fisher...
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  • (965–1039), Iraq – camera obscura, pinhole camera, magnifying glass George H. Heilmeier (1936–2014), U.S. – liquid crystal display (LCD) Henry Heimlich (1920–2016)...
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    1995 : Lynn S. Beedle 1996 : George N. Hatsopoulos 1997 : Arthur E. Humphrey 1998 : Ivan A. Getting 1999 : George H. Heilmeier 2000– 2000 : John W. Fisher...
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  • properties". In 2012 she received the National Science Foundation George H. Heilmeier Faculty Award for Excellence in Research. "Karen I. Winey | Materials...
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