Washington County Oral Histories

Bill Walker oral history audio recording on the Silicon Forest and Tektronix, Part 1

Part 1 of an audio recording of an oral history of Bill Walker on Tektronix and the 'Silicon Forest' in Washington County, Oregon. Topics in this section include: his education; military service during the Korean War; using Tektronix products in the military; going to work as an engineer for Tektronix in the 1950s; creating the 'Phase System' of development; starting an integrated circuit working group; working his way up to be Chief Operating Officer of Tektronix; starting the Tek Development Company to incubate spinoff companies; training opportunities; author Jean Auel working at Tektronix; office culture; international business with Europe and Japan; and other topics. There is a transcript of this interview.

Walker, Bill

High Tech collection

Washington County (Or.) -- History

High technology

Washington County (Or.)

5 sound files (56 min.)

English

WCM_OH_341a

In Copyright

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Five Oaks Museum

Williams, Dana

MP3

Sound