The University of Texas at Dallas
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A Dynamic Past

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The University of Texas at Dallas is home to bold innovators whose vision and accomplishments have paved the way for our bright future.
1941
1941
Creation of Geophysical Services Inc.

Eugene McDermott, J. Erik Jonsson and Cecil Green establish Geophysical Services Inc., the corporation that will later become Texas Instruments Inc.

1947
From left: Nobel Prize winners Dr. John Bardeen, Dr. William Shockley and Dr. Walter Brattain at Bell Labs. Reused with permission of Nokia Corporation and AT&T Archives.
1947
Start of the Circuit

Bell Labs invents the transistor.