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Type
Text
Title
Sparks, Morgan and Betty oral history
Contributor
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Hoddeson, Lillian, Interviewer
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Riordan, Michael, Interviewer; Editor
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Sparks, Betty, Interviewee
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Sparks, Morgan, Interviewee
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Sparks, Morgan M., Editor
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Publisher
Computer History Museum
Date
1993-06-17
Place of Publication
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Extent
67 p.
Copyright Holder
Computer History Museum
Description
Morgan Sparks (July 6, 1916 - May 3, 2008) joined Bell Telephone Laboratories in 1943. He worked with Gordon Teal to develop the first successful junction transistors based on the work of William Shockley. Sparks rose through the Bell management ranks and in 1972 became director of the Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico, which was then managed by AT&T. This audio tape interview with Sparks and his wife Betty (Shockley's secretary at Bell Labs) was conducted by Lillian Hoddeson and Michael Riordan in 1993 during research for their 1997 book "Crystal Fire: The Birth of the Information Age." It was fully transcribed and edited by Riordan and Morgan M. Sparks in 2009.
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Transcription
Subject
semiconductor history; Sparks, Morgan; Sparks, Betty; Bell Laboratories; Ohl, Russell; Shockley, William; Moore, H.R.; Bardeen, John; Brattain, Walter H.; PN junction; Teal, Gordon; Little, John; Morton, Jack; Germanium; transistor; junction; Hall, Bob; General Electric Co. (GE); RCA; Rockefeller, Laurence; Sony Corporation; Ibuka, Masaru; Brown, Ralph; Murray Hill; Kelly, Mervin; Shive, John; Fletcher, Harvey
Collection Title
Oral Histories Online
Accession Number
102702202
Credit
Gift of Michael Riordan
