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(2005), "LCD inventor George Heilmeier receives Kyoto Prize", Soldering & Surface Mount Technology, Vol. 17 No. 4. https://doi.org/10.1108/ssmt.2005.21917dab.001
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:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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LCD inventor George Heilmeier receives Kyoto Prize
LCD inventor George Heilmeier receives Kyoto Prize
Keywords: Electronics industry
The American scientist George H. Heilmeier (69) is to receive the 2005 Kyoto Prize for High- Tech as recognition for his life's work (Plate 1). Heilmeier is hailed as the pioneer of the development of liquid-crystal displays. Alongside Heilmeier, the American scientist Simon A. Levin (64) and Austrian conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt (75) have also been awarded this year's Kyoto Prize for Fundamental Research and Art & Philosophy, respectively. The prize is one of the most renowned international awards for services to science and culture. With a prize money of 50 million Yen (around Euro 400,000) per category, it is one of the world's highest private honours, alongside the Nobel Prize. It was launched in 1984 by Kazuo Inamori, the founder of the Japanese technology firm Kyocera. The award ceremony will be held on the 10th of November in Kyoto, Japan.
Plate 1
“George H. Heilmeier receives the 2005 Kyoto Prize for his
contributions to the development of the liquid-crystal display”
With his research work, George H. Heilmeier has made a considerable contribution to the development of the LCD (LiquidCrystal Display) and thus carried out some pioneering work for the current technological advances in the field of information technology. In 1968, the scientist, who obtained his doctorate from the US university of Princeton, unveiled the first LCD prototype in the form of a digital watch. Heilmeier has also been head of the research laboratory within the US Defence Ministry (DARPA) and head of research at Texas Instruments.