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Tim Rickard (Cover design) Very good in Very good jacket. 224, [16 color plates] pages. Some illustrations in black and white. Signed by both authors on title page. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Jerry D. Neal is Co-Founder and former Executive Vice President of Strategic Development for RF Micro Devices. He has over 35 years of experience in the RF and wireless communications industry. Mr. Neal started his career with Hewlett-Packard. Mr. Neal founded Moisture Control Systems for the production of his patented electronic sensor for measurement of soil moisture for research. As a co-founder of RF Micro Devices, Mr. Neal established the image of RF Micro Devices in the marketplace and was primarily responsible for many of the key relationships which have provided the company with the majority of its technology and sales. These relationships include TRW, Nokia, IBM and Jazz Semiconductor. Before retiring in June 2012, Mr. Neal's primary focus was in the area of strategic development to ensure the continuing growth of the company. He has a program for educating and entertaining audiences by portraying the father of wireless communications, Guglielmo Marconi. Mr. Neal received his Electrical Engineering degree from Gaston Technical Institute and North Carolina State University. Jerry Neal grew up in the Uwharrie Mountains of Randolph County, North Carolina, where his parents met on a big flat rock by a muddy rural road in the midst of the Great Depression. They married five years later. As a child, Jerry looked forward to the big Sunday dinners cooked on a wood range by his grandmother and to his long and enlightening Sunday afternoon walks with his great-grandfather, through the countryside where his family had lived for generations. An early interest in science, fueled by much childhood experimentation, took Jerry to a career in electronics. He and two partners, Bill Pratt and Powell Seymour, founded RF Micro Devices, a company that proved crucial to the cellphone phenomenon. That success allowed Jerry and his wife Linda to devote themselves to causes helping children. The values instilled by family and their Quaker faith also led them to a commitment to the community where they live on land that once was part of Jerry's grandparents' farm. The Neals spent more than six years planning and building Linbrook Hall, a house for giving, dedicated to charitable purposes. In this revealing memoir, Jerry Neal opens his heart to tell a story of faith and love.
