Xilinx CEO Will Speak at Santa Clara University Graduate Commencement Ceremonies; Willem ''Wim'' Roelandts Will Receive Doctor of Engineering Degree.News Editors/Education Writers/High-Tech Writers SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 19, 2004 Willem "Wim" Roelandts, a former Hewlett-Packard executive, and president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Xilinx, will speak at the evening graduate commencement ceremony on Friday, June 11, 7 p.m. in the Leavey Center Leavey Center, also known as the Leavey Activities Center or occasionally by its old nickname the Toso Pavilion, is an indoor basketball arena in Santa Clara, California. It is home to the Santa Clara University Broncos basketball and volleyball teams. at Santa Clara University. Xilinx (XLNX) is the leader in the digital programmable logic device See PLD. (PLD (Programmable Logic Device) Refers to a variety of logic chips that are programmable at the customer's site, the customer being the vendor of the finished chip, not the end user. ) market. Roelandts will receive an honorary Doctor of Engineering degree. He serves on the boards of the Semiconductor Industry Association; the Fabless Semiconductor Association; and Santa Clara University's Center for Science, Technology, and Society. Roelandts joined Xilinx after a 30-year career in management at Hewlett-Packard Co. In his most recent position, he served as senior vice president and was responsible for all aspects of HP's then $6 billion worldwide computer systems business, including research and development, manufacturing, marketing, professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. , and sales. Born on Jan. 4, 1945, in Lennik, Belgium, Roelandts earned his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering electrical engineering: see engineering. electrical engineering Branch of engineering concerned with the practical applications of electricity in all its forms, including those of electronics. from Rijks Hogere Technische School in Anderlecht, Belgium, in 1965. Approximately 4,000 people are expected to attend the ceremony for 400 students. Graduate degrees will be conferred in the schools of Business, Engineering, and Education, Counseling Psychology and Pastoral Ministries. For more information about the commencement ceremonies, visit www.scu.edu/commencement. About Santa Clara University Santa Clara University, a comprehensive Jesuit, Catholic university located in California's Silicon Valley, offers its 8,047 students rigorous undergraduate curricula in arts and sciences, business, and engineering, plus master's and law degrees. Distinguished nationally by the fourth-highest graduation rate among all U.S. master's universities, California's oldest higher-education institution demonstrates faith-inspired values of ethics and social justice. More information is online at www.scu.edu. |
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