H. Gene Slottow

Hiram Gene Slottow (1921–1989) was a professor of electrical engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. He was the co-inventor of the plasma display.^[1]

After completing his bachelor's degree in physics from the University of Chicago, he completed MS in electrical engineering from the Johns Hopkins University and PhD in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.^[2] He was a professor of electrical engineering at Illinois from 1968 to 1986. He was also employed as an electrical engineer at the Coordinated Science Laboratory and the Computer-Based Education Research Laboratory from 1968 to 1986.^[3]

He won the 2003 Emmy Award in Technical Achievement for the invention of the plasma display.^[4] In 2013, he was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame.^[5]

References

1. "Donald Bitzer, Gene Slottow, and Robert Willson Inducted Into National Inventors Hall of Fame". platohistory.org. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
2. "Donald L. Bitzer and H. Gene Slottow Creativity Award". University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
3. "H. Gene Slottow Papers, 1942-89". University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
4. Hutchinson, Jamie (2002). "Plasma Display Panels: The Colorful History of an Illinois Technology". University of Illinois Electrical and Computer Engineering Alumni Association. Archived from the original on October 16, 2007.
5. "H. Gene Slottow". National Inventors Hall of Fame. Retrieved 21 February 2018.