destroying a faulty component or a flawed prototype with a sledgehammer. At the same time, he eradicated all unwanted sounds from his lab by fighting noise with noise. He installed "hassler" devices that emitted high-pitched sounds whenever someone talked too loud, and even blew up an annoying public address speaker with firecrackers. Jim Williams recalled an incident when, after tracing external electromagnetic interference to the control tower of the San Jose airport, Widlar telephoned the airport and demanded they shut down the transmitter. However, the story about Widlar bringing a goat to trim the lawn in front of his office, retold by The New York Times after his death, was incorrect. It was a sheep, not a goat; Widlar brought her in his Mercedes-Benz convertible for just one day, which included a photo op for the local journalists. According to Pease, Widlar abandoned her in the nearest bar; according to Lojek the sheep was "mysteriously stolen". Awards In 2002 Electronic Design inducted Widlar in its Hall of Fame along with Alan Turing and Nikola Tesla. In 2009 Widlar was inducted in the National Inventors Hall of Fame. A sculpture dedicated to Bob Widlar and Jean Hoerni initially stood in front of the Maxim Integrated Products building in Sunnyvale, California; and was relocated in 2012 to Maxim's new headquarters in San Jose, California. See also Bob Dobkin Jack Gifford – electronics engineer, entrepreneur, businessman Jean Hoerni – silicon transistor pioneer, invented the planar process for making integrated circuits Bob Pease – pioneering analog integrated circuit designer, technical author, colleague at National Semiconductor Corporation Charles Sporck Jim Williams – analog circuit designer, technical author, colleague of Bob Widlar. Notes References Sources Doyle, Robert et al. (2007). Fairchild Oral History Panel sessions. Computer History Museum. Sessions 1, 2, 3, 5, 6. Lee, Thomas H. (2007). Tales of the Continuum: A Subsampled History of Analog Circuits. IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society, October 2007. Retrieved 2010-10-07. Pease, Bob (1990). The Design of Band-Gap Reference Circuits: Trials and Tribulations. Originally published in the IEEE Proceedings of the 1990 Bipolar Circuits and Technology Meeting, September 17–18, 1990 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Walker, Rob (director, producer) (1995–2004). The Fairchild Chronicles. Transcript of a video film. Stanford University. 1995-2004. Walker, Rob (director, producer) (1995–2008). Stanford and the Silicon Valley Project''. Interviews from the SEMI Oral History Project. Stanford University. 1995-2008. 1937 births 1991 deaths American electrical engineers Analog electronics engineers Silicon