Bob Galvin
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Robert (Bob) W. Galvin (born on October 9, 1922 in Marshfield, Wisconsin) is the son of the founder of Motorola, Paul Galvin. He attended the University of Notre Dame and the University of Chicago. In 1940, he began working for Motorola and was named president of the company in 1956. Two years later he succeeded his father as chief executive officer. In 1986, Bob Galvin gave up the title of CEO while remaining chairman of the board. Under his leadership, Motorola sales had grown from $216.6 million to $6.7 billion in 1987 and cash flow per share had grown from 89 cents to $6.10. Bob Galvin also was instrumental, along with Motorola engineer Bill Smith, in implementing the Six Sigma quality system at Motorola.
In 2005, he was awarded the Vannevar Bush Award for "his visionary leadership to enhance U.S. innovation, competitiveness, and excellence at the interface of science and technology with the Nation’s industrial enterprise. In the counsels of government, industry, and academe, he unselfishly gave the Nation the benefit of his knowledge, experience and creative wisdom while leading his company in its great contribution to the computing and telecommunications transformation of society."[link]
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