Entrepreneur, Innovator and Businessman Receives Industry's Highest
Accolade
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- CMP Technology's EE Times
announced today that Eric Lidow is the recipient of the 2007 EE Times ACE
Awards Lifetime Achievement Award. Mr. Lidow will be honored at the third
Annual Creativity in Electronics (ACE) Awards Gala
(http://www.eetimes.com/ace) on April 3, 2007, as part of the largest
electronic systems design event in North America, the Embedded Systems
Conference Silicon Valley.
Mr. Lidow is being honored for making significant contributions to the
electronics industry for more than 60 years. As a pioneer in his field, he
is responsible for founding one of the first electronics companies in
existence today, International Rectifier (NYSE: IRF), in 1947 with his
father. Mr. Lidow grew the company into a $1.1 billion business that led
the industry in selenium and germanium rectifiers, power-management systems
and, in 1960, produced the world's first solar-powered automobile.
"Lidow's achievements as an entrepreneur, an innovator and businessmen
with a penchant for green engineering make him a natural for our Lifetime
Achievement Award," said Brian Fuller, editor-in-chief of EE Times. "Long
after most electronics executives have retired, Lidow comes to work every
day, driving a hybrid vehicle."
In 1940, he co-founded and served as general manager of Selenium Corp.
of America, which was acquired by Sperry Corp. in 1944. Mr. Lidow stayed on
after the acquisition, serving as vice-president of engineering until
starting IR. IR was created to put to use advanced processes they had
developed for manufacturing selenium rectifiers, which converted
alternating electrical current to direct electrical current.
After expanding into germanium rectifiers, diodes and transistors for
the U.S. market, the company expanded into Japan in 1957. Mr. Lidow was
chief executive officer until March 1995. Today, he continues his
involvement with the company as chairman of the board.
"This is a wonderful personal honor and reflective of International
Rectifier's achievements in power management over the past 60 years.
Moments like these also offer great opportunities to look ahead. We all
must find ways to continue to innovate," said Eric Lidow, chairman and
founder of International Rectifier. "I thank EE Times for this award and
for being a vehicle that can help engineers make progress."
The EE Times ACE Awards Lifetime Achievement Award candidates were
selected by the editors of EE Times based on their individual
accomplishments over the course of their careers. Past honorees include
Wilf Corrigan, chairman of the board for LSI Logic and Gordon Moore,
chairman emeritus of Intel Corporation.
"Avnet is proud to be the exclusive platinum sponsor of the 2007 EE
Times ACE Awards and to present the Lifetime Achievement Award to this
year's honoree," said Ian Basey, vice president, marketing, Avnet
Electronics Marketing. "Eric Lidow is truly an entrepreneurial pioneer and
visionary whose spirit of innovation will inspire the electronics industry
for years to come."
About EE Times ACE Awards
The EE Times Annual Creativity in Electronics (ACE) Awards celebrate
the creators of technology who demonstrate leadership and innovation in the
global industry and shape the world we live in. These creators, and their
innovations, will be recognized at the EE Times ACE Awards Gala on April 3,
2007, as part of CMP Technology's Embedded Systems Conference Silicon
Valley (http://www.embedded.com/esc/sv/), the largest electronic systems
design event in North America.
To learn more and purchase tickets for the EE Times ACE Awards Gala,
please visit http://www.eetimes.com/ace.
Early registration discounted tickets and tables are now available
online until March 1, 2007. Held at the San Jose Fairmont Hotel, event
tickets include a networking cocktail reception, sit-down dinner, awards
presentation and entertainment by comedian Larry Miller. Miller is known
for his regular comedic and acting performances including "The Tonight
Show," "Late Night with David Letterman," and feature films "Waiting for
Guffman" and "Pretty Woman."
The 2007 EE Times ACE Awards thanks exclusive platinum sponsor Avnet
Electronics Marketing, gold sponsors Rambus and Taiwan Semiconductor
Manufacturing Company, Inc. (TSMC), association media sponsor IEEE
Spectrum, and event sponsor Embedded Systems Conference Silicon Valley.
About the CMP Technology Electronics Group
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business media brand serving the information needs of the creators of
technology worldwide. Offering a full suite of products and services to
reach electronics technology professionals throughout the world, the CMP
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than 1 million copies of its print publications, including EE Times, to
subscribers in more than 23 countries and online visitors from 100
countries view more than 8 million pages on its Web sites in seven
languages including EETimes.com and TechOnline. More than 40,000 decision
makers attend its Embedded Systems Conferences each year in Boston, Silicon
Valley, China and Taiwan.
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Contact:
Michelle Sabolich
Atomic Public Relations for CMP Technology
michelle.sabolich@atomicpr.com
(415)402-0230
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