death_date birth_place citizenship awards workplaces birth_date residence article_title name
16 february 1980 naugatuck , connecticut border stuart -lrb- 1978 -rrb- ballantine medal -lrb- 1972 -rrb- ieee edison medal motorola 04 october 1901 scottsdale , arizona daniel e. noble
 daniel e. noble
daniel e. noble

daniel earl noble -lrb- october 4 , 1901 -- february 16 , 1980 -rrb- was an american engineer , and executive vice chairman of the board emeritus of motorola , who is known for the design and installation of the nation 's first statewide two-way fm radio communications system for the connecticut state police .
he received a bs degree in engineering from the university of connecticut .
he joined motorola as director of research in 1940 .
in 1949 he set up a solid state electronics research laboratory for motorola in phoenix , arizona , which ultimately became the headquarters of the semiconductor products sector of motorola , and ultimately freescale semiconductor as it separated from motorola .
the ieee daniel e. noble award -lrb- previously named the ieee morris n. liebmann memorial award -rrb- was established by the ieee in 2000 for outstanding contributions to emerging technologies recognized within recent years .
