Harry Knowles at Westinghouse

Harry Knowles (1928-2020) poses outside Westinghouse's Elkridge integrated circuits facility in Maryland in the 1960s. While at Westinghouse, the Birmingham, Jefferson County, native and Auburn University graduate made advances in the field of molecular electronics, which combines the fields of physics, chemistry, and materials science to produce smaller and smaller circuits and transistors.

Black-and-white photograph of Harry Knowles in a suit and glasses, standing on a grassy lawn in front of a large modern building.
Photo courtesy of the C. Harry Knowles Collection, Auburn University Digital Library
Black-and-white photograph of Harry Knowles in a suit and glasses, standing on a grassy lawn in front of a large modern building.