Jack St. Clair Kilby (November 8, 1923 – June 20, 2005) was an American electrical engineer who took part (along with
Robert Noyce) in the realization of the first
integrated circuit while working at
Texas Instruments (TI) in 1958. He was awarded the
Nobel Prize in physics on December 10, 2000. To congratulate him, US President Bill Clinton wrote, "You can take pride in the knowledge that your work will help to improve lives for generations to come."