...Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). Among his many inventions have been the first practical light-emitting diode (LED), the first semiconductor laser to operate in the visible spectrum and the switch for the wall light dimmer. His honors include the National Medal of Science in 1990, the National Medal of Technology in 2002 and the Lemelson-MIT Prize for invention in 2004.

EMU: What was it like to be at Bell Labs and GE in the heyday of modern electronics? Which people influenced you most?

Holonyak: It was very exciting time because silicon technology was just beginning, the integrated circuit was developed and then came all the early work on compound materials. Three peopleJohn Bardeen at Illinois, and John Moll and Bob Hall at Bellwere probably the biggest influences on me. John Bardeen was one of the greats. You could see right away that he was different and had more talent than anyone else around us in his...

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