Birth Name:

Willis Adcock

Male

Birth Date:

Sat, Nov 25, 1922

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada

Age:

101

Zodiac Sign:

Sagittarius

Astrology Data:

Sun

2°

Sag

40'

About Willis Adcock

Dr. Willis Alfred Adcock (November 25, 1922 – December 16, 2003) was a Canadian-American physical chemist, electrical engineer, and university professor who worked on the first atomic bomb and assisted with the invention of the silicon transistor, as well as the integrated circuit. He held several US patents.

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External Links:

• Oral history interview with Jack S. Kilby at Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. Interview covers Jack Kilby's entire career, including his education, work experiences at Centralab, where he worked with Alfred Khouri and Robert Wolff, and at Texas Instruments (TI) under Willis Adcock. Kilby discusses TI's development and manufacturing of integrated circuits. He discusses his involvement in the development of the first hand-held calculator at TI. Discusses semiconductor developments at Fairchild Corporation and his independent work after leaving TI in 1970.

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Willis Adcock: Sun 2 Sagittarius, Moon 25 Aquarius, Mercury 26 Scorpio, Venus 1 Sagittarius, Mars 18 Aquarius, Jupiter 6 Scorpio, Saturn 16 Libra, Uranus 9 Pisces, Neptune 18 Leo, Pluto 10 Cancer, Sun Conjunct Venus, Mercury Conjunct Venus, Sun Conjunct Mercury, Sun Semi Square Saturn, Mercury Sesquiquadrate Pluto, Venus Semi Square Saturn, Mars Trine Saturn, Mars Opposition Neptune, Jupiter Trine Uranus, Jupiter Trine Pluto, Saturn Sextile Neptune, Uranus Trine Pluto

Categories related to Willis Adcock: November 25 births, Canadian emigrants to the United States, 2003 deaths, Anglophone Quebec people, Brown University alumni, University of Texas at Austin faculty, 20th-century Canadian scientists, American physical chemists, Hobart and William Smith Colleges alumni, People from Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, 1922 births, Canadian physical chemists, 20th-century Canadian engineers, Engineers from Quebec, Texas Instruments people, Scientists from Quebec, United States Army personnel of World War II

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