Consumer Electronics Association Elects Robert W. Galvin to 2006 Hall of Fame; Led Motorola for Three Decades.

ARLINGTON, Va. -- Robert W. Galvin, who took the reins of Motorola in 1959 from his father, Paul, and grew sales from $290 million to $10.8 billion annually by the time he retired as chairman in 1990, creating one of the world's most respected companies, will join industry inventors, executives, editors and retailers in the prestigious Consumer Electronics Industry Hall of Fame. He will be formally inducted at the association's annual Industry Forum in San Francisco October 16-18, 2006.

Mr. Galvin's most noteworthy contribution occurred in the late 1960s, when he led Motorola's entry into the nascent cell phone business, introducing the world's first commercial handheld cellular phone in 1983. His demonstration of the portable to President Ronald Reagan in the early 1980s helped encourage the White House to support the opening of the U.S. cell phone business to competition rather than allowing the FCC to award a monopoly to AT&T.

He later led the fight to open Japanese markets to American goods and promoted the invention and adoption of the Six Sigma quality improvement process. President Reagan presented him with one of the first Malcolm Baldridge awards in 1988.

Mr. Galvin was presented the National Medal of Technology in 1991 by President George Bush. He was awarded the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (IEEE) Founders Medal in 2000, and the Vannevar Bush Award from the National Science Foundation in 2005. He has been a member of the board of trustees of the Illinois Institute of Technology for over 50 years, serving as chairman of the board of directors of Sematech, an industry-government research consortium. In 1994, Mr. Galvin was chairman of the Galvin Commission, a task force on alternative futures for the Department of Energy National Laboratories.

Joining Galvin in the 2006 Consumer Electronics Hall of Fame are: industry executives Jack Doyle of Pioneer America; Howard Ladd of Sanyo; John Roach of Radio Shack; and Andrew Grove and Gordon Moore, two of the three co-founders of Intel. In addition to the Intel team (the third co-founder, Robert Noyce, was inducted in 2000), the judges chose the Emmy-award winning inventors of plasma displays for television -- Dr. Donald Bitzer, Dr. Robert H. Willson, and the late Dr. H. Gene Slottow.

The 2006 class also includes Nick Holonyak Jr., inventor of light-emitting diodes (LED), George Heilmeier, who invented liquid crystal displays (LCD), and retailer A.J. Richard. They join the 97 other industry luminaries in the CEA Hall of Fame.

"The accomplishments of the individuals who are entering the Hall of Fame this year are simply amazing," said CEA President and CEO, Gary Shapiro. "Their inventions and leadership laid the groundwork for today's digital products and technologies, enhancing the way consumers around the world work, live and play."

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The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) is the preeminent trade association promoting growth in the consumer technology industry thorough technology policy, events, research, promotion, and the fostering of business and strategic relationships. CEA represents more than 2,100 corporate members involved in the design, development, manufacturing, distribution and integration of audio, video, mobile electronics, wireless and landline communications, information technology home networking, multimedia and accessory products, as well as related services that are sold through consumer channels. Combined, CEA's members account for more than $125 billion in annual sales. CEA's resources are available online at www.CE.org, the definitive source for information about the consumer electronics industry.

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