Robert Noyce, Ph.D. (December 12, 1927 - June 3, 1990), nicknamed "the Mayor of Silicon Valley", co-founded Fairchild Semiconductor in 1957 and Intel in 1968. He is also credited (along with Jack Kilby) with the invention of the integrated circuit or microchip although Kilby's invention was 6 months earlier. Noyce was born in Burlington, Iowa. Wikipedia
The definitive Wikipedia entry for Robert Noyce. Wikipedia is the biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Noyce
"With his strong face, his athlete's build, and the Gary Cooper manner, Bob Noyce projected what psychologists call the halo effect. www.pbs.org/transistor/album1/addlbios/noyce.html
In addition, this vivid narrative sheds light on Noyces friends and associates, including some of the best-known managers, venture capitalists, and creative minds in Silicon Valley. www.themanbehindthemicrochip.com/
Foremost among them is Robert Noyce. Tom Wolfe The Tinkerings of Robert Noyce How the Sun Rose on the Silicon Valley First published in Esquire Magazine, December 1983, Copyright by Tom Wolfe. www.stanford.edu/class/e140/e140a/content/noyce.html
