Blue Sky Research Elects Alan F. Shugart to Chairman, Board of Directors.SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 15, 1999-- Blue Sky Research (BSR BSR Business for Social Responsibility BSR Baltic Sea Region BSR British Society for Rheumatology BSR Bootstrap Router (networking) BSR Bonsoir (French) BSR Bottom-Simulating Reflector ), a privately held innovator of proprietary electro-optics components, subsystems and test instruments for data storage, industrial and telecommunications applications, today announced it has elected Al Shugart to Chairman of the Board of Directors. Originally elected to the Board in March 1999, Shugart will continue to play a vital role in helping BSR develop its unique, patented technologies and bring high performance optical components to market. "Since Al joined our Board last March, his leadership and commitment to BSR's success have been nothing less than inspirational in·spi·ra·tion·al adj. 1. Of or relating to inspiration. 2. Providing or intended to convey inspiration. 3. Resulting from inspiration. ," sa International, sees great potential for Blue Sky Research's state-of-the-art, high-performance optical drive technologies. "Magnetic drives are rapidly approaching their performance limit," he observed. "Optical drive technology is closn industry and continues to play a key role in determining the future of information technology. He founded Seagate Technology (company) Seagate Technology - A major manufacturer of hard disk drives, founded in 1979 as "Shugart Technology" by Alan F. Shugart and Finis Conner. That name is on the original patents for the 5.25" hard disk drive. , Inc. in 1979, building the company into the world's largest independent manufacturer of disk drives and relat, Shugart joined the Board of Directors of SanDisk Corp., Valence Valence, city, France Valence (väläNs`), city (1990 pop. 65,026), capital of Drôme dept., SE France, in Dauphiné, on the Rhône River. Technology and Inktomi, all listed Nasdaq companies. Since leaving Seagate, he has joined the Boarypress Semiconductor (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange ), and privately heldce in 1989, guided by the principle of transfor and telecommunications applications. More information on Blue Sky Research can be found on the World Wide Web at www.blueskyresearch.com. |
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