Retiring chairman transformed TI and continued community commitment
Tom Engibous
speaks at the Dallas Achieves press conference
about the TI Foundation's $1 million donation to the organization last October. |
Tom Engibous, who retired recently as TI's chairman of the board,
has been an advocate for diversity and minority and women-owned business
development within the company as well as a staunch supporter of quality
education and community involvement. His retirement caps a career during
which he not only led the transformation of TI into one of the semiconductor
industry's best-performing and most admired companies, but also encouraged
TI's support of numerous community programs focused on education.
Engibous joined the company in 1976 after graduating
from Purdue University with both bachelor's and
master's degrees in electrical engineering. His
ability to inspire people, assess opportunities and
connect TI's capabilities with the market's
needs earned him loyalty and respect, and cemented
his reputation as a strong leader. He was named president
of the company's semiconductor group in 1993,
a member of the board of directors in 1996, president
and CEO in 1996, and chairman in 1998.
Engibous helped transform the company from a broad-based
conglomerate to a semiconductor company focused on
making chips for the signal processing markets that
have fed the wireless and Internet revolutions. Besides
his success in establishing TI as one of the most respected
companies in the semiconductor industry, Engibous made
a major impact in the community with his strong support
for education. He served on the board of the TI Foundation
and led both the foundation and corporation to make
significant contributions to the community, including
the TI Foundation's $1 million donation last fall supporting the Dallas Achieves initiative in the Dallas Independent
School District.
Engibous' legacy leads to innovation prize
Because of his personal interest in encouraging engineering
students to pursue studies and careers in analog design,
TI recently announced the establishment of the Engibous
Prize, $150,000 in annual awards to engineering students
who design the most innovative electronics systems
using analog semiconductors. Engibous has often spoken
of how an increasingly digital world ironically needs
more analog circuitry, but the number of electrical
engineering graduates who focus on the analog aspect
of semiconductor and equipment design is small compared
with the need.
Engibous was also actively involved in the development
of The Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science
of Texas, an organization created to provide broader
recognition of the state's top achievers and to
build a stronger identity for Texas as an important
destination and center of achievement in these
fields.
In addition, Engibous served on the Catalyst board
of directors, a nonprofit research and advisory
organization working to advance women in business.
He serves as a trustee of Southern Methodist University (SMU) and is a member of the Purdue University Engineering
Visiting Committee. He is a member of the board
of directors of J.C. Penney Company, Inc., and
serves as a trustee on the Southwest Medical Foundation,
the U.S. Japan Business Council, and the National
Center for Educational Accountability. He is a
member of the National Academy of Engineering and
the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
Richard K. Templeton, who has worked side-by-side
with Engibous for the last 15 years, will become
the company's new chairman, in addition to
his current position as president and CEO. Templeton has joined the Catalyst Board and will ensure Engibous' legacy
is carried forward in the areas of innovation,
university support, math/science education, philanthropy,
diversity and minority and women-owned business
development. |
