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JACQUES I. PANKOVE
Pages 257-260

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... The family travelled on a ship built to transport cork -- the passengers occupied the cargo space. During World War II Jacques served in the US Signal Corps.
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... , and the first GaAsP visible injection laser. He deserves particular credit for being the first to demonstrate blue LEDs using gallium nitride (GaN)
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... Ebers Award from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in 1975, the 1998 Rank Prize in Opto-electronics for pioneering achievements, and the Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award from UC Berkeley in 2000. In 1997 the Materials Research Society dedicated its fall symposium on nitride semiconductors to him.
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