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WILLIAM C. HITTINGER
WILLIAM C. HITTINGER
Pages 157-162
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Upon his return from service in World War II, he took on a number of leadership positions and responsibilities in the booming electronics industry. He began at Western Electric Company as a materials engineer and moved on to the National Union Radio Corporation Semiconductor Division where, as production manager, he began focusing on semiconductors.
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In 1966 he was appointed president of Bellcomm, Inc., a company performing systems engineering for NASA's manned spaceflight program under American Telephone and Telegraph Company and Western Electric Company. He was president of the General Instrument Corporation from 1968 to 1970, when he joined RCA as vice president and general manager of the Solid State Division.
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In corporate governance, he was a director of UNC Inc., Biotechnic International, Stabler Companies, Bethlehem Steel, Thomas and Belts Corporation, Allen Bradley, Epitaxx Corporation, and American Fletcher Corporation. An active and dedicated member of the NAE, he served on peer and awards committees for Electronics, Communication and Information Systems Engineering and served on and ultimately chaired the NAE Public Information Advisory Committee (1986–1993)
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He left a meaningful legacy in the electronics industry, at Lehigh University, and in the National Academy of Engineering. His humble leadership style was evident in his dedication to his alma mater, where he was perhaps the only former president and board chair to sit at Lehigh's front admissions desk as a volunteer whose warm welcome greeted prospective students and their families for years.
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