Jack Kilby

Jack St. Clair Kilby (November 8, 1923 – June 20, 2005) was an American electrical engineer. He helped discover the first integrated circuit while working at Texas Instruments (TI) in 1958.

Jack Kilby
Born	(1923-11-08)November 8, 1923 Jefferson City, Missouri, U.S.
Died	June 20, 2005(2005-06-20) (aged 81) Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Nationality	United States
Alma mater	University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign University of Wisconsin–Madison
Awards	Nobel Prize in Physics (2000) National Medal of Science (1969) IEEE Medal of Honor (1986) Charles Stark Draper Prize (1989) Computer Pioneer Award (1993) Kyoto Prize (1993) Harold Pender Award (2000)
Scientific career
Fields	Physics, electrical engineering
Institutions	Texas Instruments

He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics on December 10, 2000.^[1] Kilby was also the co-inventor of the handheld calculator and the thermal printer.^[2]