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Patrick E. Haggerty (F), president of Texas Instruments Inc., holds the B.S.E.E. degree from Marquette University and honorary degrees from Marquette, St. Mary´s University of San Antonio, and the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn. He joined the predecessor company to Texas Instruments in 1945, following employment in Milwaukee with the Badger Carton Company and three years of U.S. Navy assignment to the Bureau of Aeronautics in Washington, D.C., where he served as head of the Electronics Production Branch of the Electronics Products Group, which was responsible for procurement and production of naval airborne electronic equipment. When he joined Texas Instruments he was put in charge of the development of the research, engineering, and manufacturing phases of the company´s operations. Since that time the operations of the company have been diversified and tremendously expanded. Mr. Haggerty became executive vice president of Texas Instruments in 1950 and was elected to his present office in 1958. He served as president of the IRE and as co-chairman of the IRE-AIEE Merger Committee in 1962, and continues to serve on the resultant IEEE Board of Directors. He also is a member of the Defense Science Board.