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Here
are two photos relating to various aspects of Mr. Wolff’s early transistor
work at TI. The top photo is a plaque presented to him on the 25th
anniversary of the introduction date of the Regency TR1 radio. The
presntation occurred at the annual TI Strategic Planning conference in
1980, and was made by Mr. Pat Haggerty. According to Elmer: “ This award
was given to recognize the importance of the contribution to volume
transistor manufacturing at TI that this radio made. If memory serves me
correctly, there were six of us who received this award. My good friend
Jim Nygaard and I received our awards together and I had the privilege of
having our wives attend the presentation. TI gave each of us a plaque and
a video tape of the presentation.” On the right is a photo of a Regengy
TR1 chassis from the mid 1950s. The four color-coded TI transistors can be
quite clearly seen, in the mid to lower part of the chassis. The oval tops
of the four devices are colored (from left to right) with yellow, red,
black and green paint swatches. Elmer was part of the team that was
responsible for developing and manufacturing these historic transistors.
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