As Jack received recognition for his work, no one was more excited for him than Barbara. She always had a special glow when her husband was recognized for his many achievements. I know she is smiling down at us today. It's fitting that in a day we celebrate the spirit of invention that we have some of TI's greatest inventors here to honor Jack. An important means for recognizing our outstanding innovation is through the TI Fellows program.
Fellows are the best and the brightest.
Achieving Fellow status is no simple task. Fellows must have clearly demonstrated sustained, wide-ranging and crucial contributions to TI programs and be recognized as leading experts in their fields. We have a number of TI Fellows with us today. It gives me a tremendous personal pleasure to be part of today's ceremonies. I came to TI just a few years after Jack invented the integrated circuit and consider myself lucky to know him.