Jack Kilby

Jack Kilby
Jack Kilby
	Kilby, early 1960s
Born	Jack St. Clair Kilby; November 8, 1923; Jefferson City, Missouri, US
Died	June 20, 2005 (aged 81); Dallas, Texas, US
Education	Great Bend High School
Alma mater	University of Illinois (BS); University of Wisconsin (MS);
Known for	Invention of the integrated circuit
Spouse	Barbara Annegers (m. 1948)
Children	2
Awards	Stuart Ballantine Medal (1966); IEEE David Sarnoff Award (1966); National Medal of Science (1969); IEEE Cledo Brunetti Award (1978); Holley Medal (1982, 1989); IEEE Medal of Honor (1986); Charles Stark Draper Prize (1989); National Medal of Technology and Innovation (1990); Computer Pioneer Award (1993); Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology (1993); Washington Award (1999); Nobel Prize in Physics (2000); Harold Pender Award (2000);
	Scientific career
Fields	Microelectronics
Institutions	Texas Instruments (1958–1983)

Jack St. Clair Kilby (November 8, 1923 – June 20, 2005) was an American electronics engineer who took part, along with Robert Noyce of Fairchild Semiconductor, in the realization of the first integrated circuit while working at Texas Instruments in 1958. For this invention, Kilby shared the 2000 Nobel Prize in Physics.

Kilby was also a co-inventor of the handheld calculator and the thermal printer, for which he had the patents. He also had patents for seven other inventions.