James F. Gibbons

James F. Gibbons
James F. Gibbons
Born	September 19, 1931; Leavenworth, Kansas, U.S.
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Stanford University; Northwestern University
Awards	IEEE Jack A. Morton Award (1980); IEEE James H. Mulligan, Jr. Education Medal (1985); IEEE Paul Rappaport Award (1989); IEEE Founders Medal (2011)
	Scientific career
Fields	Electrical engineering
Institutions	Stanford University

James F. Gibbons (born September 19, 1931) is an American electrical engineer and academic administrator. He is credited (together with William Shockley) with starting the semiconductor device fabrication laboratory at Stanford University that enabled the semiconductor industry and created Silicon Valley.

Gibbons is also credited for inventing Tutored Video Instruction, which is widely used at Stanford University and its Stanford Instructional Television Network. The Tutored Video Instruction is used to educate engineers and non students who are in need via SERA Learning Technologies (which Gibbons founded).

Gibbons was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 1974 for leadership as a teacher, author, and researcher in semiconductor electronics.

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