Join the California Historical Society
in honoring the 2011 Legends of California
Tuesday, May 10, 2011 • 6:00 PM
The St. Regis San Francisco
125 Third Street, San Francisco, California
Celebrating California’s Legendary Spirit of Innovation
The Traitorous Eight – Founders of Silicon Valley
2011 Legends of California Honorees
Julius Blank* Jay Last*
Victor Grinich Gordon Moore*
Jean Hoerni Robert Noyce
Eugene Kleiner Sheldon Roberts**
*Attending
**Represented by son, Dave Roberts
Elegant Reception in Sculpture Room Followed by a Presentation in Gallery. Entertainment: Alex Conde Carrasco, flamenco jazz piano
In 1957, eight brilliant men on the San Francisco Peninsula left the employment of Nobel Laureate William Shockley to found Fairchild Semiconductor. Over the next three decades, individually and together, they went on to found dozens of other companies, including Intel, Teledyne and Kleiner Perkins, to name a few. Their efforts spawned new industries, invented a global economy, and revolutionized the way that we live and work. In name they were Julius Blank, Gordon Moore, Jay Last, Sheldon Roberts, Victor Grinich, Jean Hoerni, Eugene Kleiner, and Robert Noyce. In legend, they became known as The Traitorous Eight.
Join us in honoring these Legends of California and supporting the work of the California Historical Society.
First presented to legendary California musician and humanitarian Carlos Santana in 2009, Legends of California honors those people who have envisioned, inspired, and forged the future of California, the nation, and the world.
This year, we honor the Traitorous Eight, those singular visionaries who together first birthed and then nurtured the legendary technologies, new industries, dynamic economic engine, and spirited entrepreneurial culture that is now known as Silicon Valley—another California Legend.
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Honorary Chair
Paul S. Otellini
Patron Chair
Reid W. Dennis
Honorary Committee
Jan Berckefeldt
Sloane Citron
Denise Mularoni Decker
Frances Dinkelspiel
Moira Gunn
Fredric Hamber
Charlene Harvey and
Michael McCone
Tom Kelley
Maribelle Leavitt
Stephen LeSieur
Carson and Suzanne Levit
William S. McCreery
Kenneth Moore
Alicia Morga
Peter Johnson Musto
Ray Ostby
Laura King Pfaff
Edith and George Piness
Arthur and Toni Rembe Rock
Toby Rose
Paul Saffo
Carlos Santana
Inder Sidhu
Stephen L. Taber
Trevor and Alexis Traina
John and Andrea
Van de Kamp
James Zukin
Benefactors
$25,000
Intel
The St. Regis San Francisco
Contributing Sponsors
$10,000
Reid W. Dennis
IVP Partners
Arthur and Toni Rembe Rock
Supporting Sponsors
$5,000
R. Thomas Decker
TriNet Group, Inc.
Sponsors
$2,500
John E. Brown
Bill Leonard
William S. McCreery
Sue and Jack Molinari
Peter Johnson Musto
Thomas R. Owens
Edith and George Piness
Hosts
$1,000
Alfred E. Heller
Burnett Miller
Maribelle and Stephen Leavitt
A.W.B. Vincent
Legends of California is sponsored by
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