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Willis Alfred Adcock
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... 1 Memorial Tributes NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING
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... in 1986. In the same year, he was appointed to the Cockrell Family Regents Chair, a position he held until becoming chair professor emeritus in 1993.
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... They first dunked an amplifier made of germanium transistors into hot oil, causing a record player to stop working instantly. When an amplifier made of brand new silicon transistors was dunked into the same oil, the record player continued emitting the dulcet tones of Artie Shaw's "Summit Ridge Drive." Silicon transistors rapidly supplanted prevailing germanium devices.
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... He served for a time as president of both the TI Austin Retirees Club and the Austin English Speaking Union. He was a member of the McDonald's Observatory Visitors Council, and he and his wife, Sara, often attended performances by the Austin Symphony and Austin Lyric Opera.
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... . Willis Adcock was "a zesty sprite who talks a mile a minute and still can't keep up with his racing train of thought." Those who knew him best would agree that these were the marks of the brilliant mind of a warm and lovable human being.
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