Bell Labs Names Bill Brinkman Vice President of Research.

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(EDITOR'S NOTE: A high-resolution photo of William Brinkman is available at www.bell-labs.com)

MURRAY HILL, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 17, 2000

Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) has named William Brinkman vice president of research for Bell Labs, the company's research and development arm.

Brinkman succeeds Arun Netravali, who was named Bell Labs president last October.

"Bill's demonstrated leadership has helped Bell Labs innovations quickly become Lucent products," Netravali said. "I'm confident of his ability to guide longer- term research while simultaneously advancing communications technologies in his new role."

As vice president, Brinkman will oversee the work of 1,200 Bell Labs researchers in computing, software, mathematics, communications science, physics, and engineering.

In his previous role as physical sciences research vice president at Bell Labs, Brinkman concentrated on converting technology from the labs into marketable products for business. Under his leadership, Bell Labs provided advanced components, technologies and processes to Lucent's microelectronics, wireless and optical communications businesses. He has overseen research on wireless geolocation, multiple-antenna wireless networks, optical amplifiers, add/drop multiplexers, and all-optical cross connects.

While concentrating on such product-oriented innovations, Brinkman also has maintained a world-class, long-term research effort that has been widely recognized with many prizes and awards.

Harry Bosco, president of Lucent's Optical Networking Group, notes that Brinkman has helped position Lucent as a leader in the optical networking space and "continues pushing us toward new ways of evolving technology plans and product ideas for metropolitan networks."

Brinkman has held numerous research-management positions at Bell Labs. From 1984 until 1987 he was vice president of research at Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM. He returned to Bell Labs as executive director of the physics research division in 1987.

Brinkman holds a graduate degree in physics from the University of Missouri, and spent a year as a postdoctoral fellow at Oxford University in England.

As a researcher, he has made fundamental contributions to condensed matter physics in areas ranging from superconductivity to semiconductor lasers.

"Bill is not only an outstanding scientist in his own right but also an exceptional R&D executive, with a strong track record of creating productive teams of scientists and business people," said Mark Melliar-Smith, President and Chief Executive Officer of International SEMATECH, a semiconductor industry consortium. "Bell Labs research will continue to thrive under his leadership."

Brinkman is president-elect of the American Physical Society (APS) and will assume office in 2002. He is a Fellow in the APS and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He has served on the council of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) and the chairmanship of the NAS Physics Survey and their Solid-State Sciences Committee. He is also a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Brinkman was the recipient of the APS George E. Pake Prize for research and leadership.

"Being named vice president of research at the world's premier research and development facility is an honor and a challenge," Brinkman said. "Bell Labs scientists continue to advance the sciences and technologies critical to the future of communications, and we are committed to being the engine that helps drive Lucent Technologies' growth."

Brinkman resides in Basking Ridge with his wife Carol.

A high-resolution photo of Brinkman is available at www.bell-labs.com.

Lucent Technologies, headquartered in Murray Hill, N.J., designs, builds and delivers a wide range of public and private networks, communications systems and software, data networking systems, business telephone systems and microelectronics components. Bell Labs is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year. The organization has more than 30,000 employees located in 25 countries, and, with a budget of more than $4 billion, is the largest R&D organization in the world dedicated to communications. For more information on Lucent Technologies, visit the company's web site at http://www.lucent.com.