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| Inducted: |
1991 |
| Region: |
U.S. |
| Industry: |
Communications
Manufacturing |
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Robert Galvin inherited Motorola from his father and became president in 1956. At the time the company was producing car radios and phonographs but was not expanding. Robert researched, engineered, acquired, divested, and diversified Motorola into one of the fiercest industries in the world—electronics. He did so at a time when Japanese electronics companies were making a formidable assault on the U.S. market. Today Motorola is a leading manufacturer of two-way radios, cellular telephones, and semiconductors. |
