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SRES 200 109th Congress Senate Commemorations Congress Congressional tributes Electrical engineering Electronics Integrated circuits Intellectual property Inventors Science, Technology, Communications Technological innovations

A resolution honoring the life of Nobel Laureate Jack St. Clair Kilby, inventor of the integrated circuit and innovative leader in the Information Age.

Introduced: July 18, 2005 Introduced by: Cornyn, John Republican · Texas See on congress.gov
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Jul 18, 2005
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and passed without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8436-8438; text as passed Senate: CR S8437-8438; text of measure as introduced: CR S8427-8428)
Jul 18, 2005
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and passed without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S8436-8438; text as passed Senate: CR S8437-8438; text of measure as introduced: CR S8427-8428)
Jul 18, 2005
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States that the Senate has heard with profound sorrow and deep regret the announcement of the death of Nobel Laureate Jack St. Clair Kilby, inventor of the integrated circuit (known today as the microchip) and commends Mr. Kilby for his pioneering work in the fields of engineering and electronics, which laid the foundation for the technological advances of the 20th and 21st centuries.

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Submitted in the Senate, considered, and passed without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8436-8438; text as passed Senate: CR S8437-8438; text of measure as introduced: CR S8427-8428)