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Born |
Savannah, Georgia, U.S. | February 27, 1923
Died | March 30, 2024 | (aged 101)
Awards | IEEE Edison Medal (1988) |
James Ross Macdonald (February 27, 1923 – March 30, 2024) was an American physicist, who was instrumental in building up the Central Research laboratories of Texas Instruments (TI).
James Ross Macdonald was born in Savannah, Georgia, on February 27, 1923. [1] He received a B.A. in physics from Williams College and an S.B. and SM in E.E. from MIT in 1944 and 1947. Oxford awarded him a D.Phil. in 1950 and a D.Sc. degree in 1967.
Macdonald joined Texas Instruments (TI) in 1953, where he served as director of the Physics Research laboratory; director of the Central Research laboratories; vice president, corporate research and engineering; and as vice president, Corporate Research and Development.
While at TI, Macdonald published over 175 scientific and engineering papers. He died on March 30, 2024, at the age of 101. [2]
Macdonald was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1970, [3] and to the National Academy of Sciences in 1973. [4] In 1985 he received the George E. Pake Prize of the American Physical Society. [5] He was a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, was awarded the 1988 IEEE Edison Medal "For seminal contributions to solid state science and technology, and outstanding leadership as a research director." [6]