IMAPS 40th Anniversary Celebration
Monday, November 12th
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
4th Street Summit Center

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In late 1966 Jack Hinchey, Bob Waer, George Doyle and George West discussed the information void between the manufacturers of thick film materials and the engineers who were using them to develop products. They decided to bring some of these folks together to discuss this issue in detail.  After a long planning cycle, a 2-day seminar was scheduled for February 21-22, 1967, at Ricky’s Hyatt House in Palo Alto, California.  Electronic News provided some very helpful advertising and a couple of hundred people attended the meeting. They also announced that the entire meeting would be repeated in Los Angeles on February 23-24, 1967. With that, the Technical Thick Film Symposium came into existence and the International Society for Hybrid Microelectronics (ISHM) was born. 

This meeting has now evolved into the symposium that we now enjoy every year with a technical program and exhibition that have made the founders and charter members proud. We thank them for their desire to “disseminate information” as that has been the cornerstone of our Society’s growth for these 40 years.

We will enjoy a special celebration during the Welcome Reception where we will pay tribute to these special people. There will be a running slide presentation showing people, places and products that have been elemental in the growth of IMAPS.

Several of the Society’s charter members are still heavily involved in the technology while others have passed. Their dedication and support for 40 years has allowed the Society to grow into a true international organization where technological breakthroughs are shared in a global environment. They are: Barry Altschul, Dan Amey, Ron Anjard, Ed Aoki, Jack Balde, Frank Bates, William Belko, Harold Bell, Thomas Berdner, Dennis Bernier, Harry Bonham, J. P. Bradley, Dennis Bryant, Relva Buchanan, Leonard Buchoff, Darnell Burks, Jim Byrum, Dwight Callaway, Terry Canning, Walt Cavitt, Ronald Chalman, Samuel Champ, Richard Clark, Ted Cocca, Richard Codiga, Harry Coronis, Lewis Coronis, Rene Cote, John Cox, Mitch Davis, Don DeCoursey, Jim Degnan, Barbara Dehart, Raymond Dietz, George Doyle, Frank Durso, Norman Egli, Jerome Fishel, Willard Flagg, Jr., Lyman Floyd, Sam Forman, Donald Franck, Ed Gildein, Robert Gjone, Gerald Goldstein, Amiel Goodman, Paul Grace, Denver Groff, Donald Hamer, Charlie Harper, Dale Hartman, Paul Heller, Dick Himmel, John Hinchey, Bob Holmes, Shawki Ibrahim, Harlan Isaak, George Ives, William Kahn, Mike Cavanaugh, Denis Kelemen, James King, Robert Kratochvil, Marshall Kummel, Charles Kuo, George Lane, Owen Layden, Ira Leonard, Donald Levinthal, Anthony Lubowe, John MacDuff, Jr., Howard Manko, Howard Markstein, Jacob Martin, F. Wayne Martin, Robert Martin, David McClure, James McElroy, Joe McGonnell, William Meuli, C. Fred Miller, Ken Miller, Arthur Mones, Fred Morritz, Donald Mozer, Kirk Ney, Dave Nixen, Robert Ost, Carl Peckinpaugh, Helmut Pichler, Jay Provance, Randall Ragan, U. Rao, Egons Rasmanis, Harry Reifel, Dietrich Reimer, Wilfred Roberts, James Robles, Larry Roveda, O. Newell Sheffer, Milton Sherman, Theodore Shilliday, Franklin Siegel, John Sipper, Hal Skurnick, Ray Slowinski, Fred Smith, Sid Stein, Anthony Suppelsa, George Szekely, Fred Tausch, Ronald Thiel, Ernest Thomas, Mort Topfer, Bob Unger, Bob Waer, Gil Waite, William Waters, Jim Welterlen, George West, Donald Wood, Franklin Wood.

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