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James Hillier OC (August 22, 1915 – January 15, 2007) was a Canadian-born scientist and inventor who designed and built, with Albert Prebus, the first successful high-resolution electron microscope in North America in 1938. Born in Brantford, Ontario, the son of James and Ethel (Cooke) Hillier, he received a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics and Physics (1937), Master of Arts (1938), and a Ph.D (1941) from the University of Toronto, where as a graduate student he completed a prototype of the electron microscope that had been invented by Ernst Ruska. This transmission electron microscope was used as a prototype for later electron microscopes. In 1941, he went to the United States of America and joined the Radio Corporation of America in Camden, New Jersey. He became General Manager, RCA Laboratories (1957); Vice President, RCA Laboratories (1958); Vice President, Research and Engineering (1968); Executive Vice President, Research and Engineering (1969); and Executive Vice President and Chief Scientist (1976). New technologies developed during his tenure include the system that became RCA SelectaVision. (Note: RCA Laboratories, located in Princeton, NJ, became independent of RCA as a result of the corporate take-over by General Electric in 1986 and became Sarnoff Corporation, a subsidiary of SRI International.) Hillier spent many years refining the electron microscope and marketing it to research laboratories and universities, receiving a total of 41 patents for devices and processes. After retiring from RCA in 1977, Dr. Hillier advised on the role of technology in the Third World and promoted science education. Although he became a U.S. citizen in 1945, Hillier remained involved with the Brantford community throughout his lifetime. The James Hillier Foundation, established in 1993, awards annual scholarships to Brant County students pursuing education in science. In 1936, he married Florence Marjory Bell, a union that lasted until Florence's death in 1992. They had two sons: James Robert Hillier and William Wynship Hillier. On January 15, 2007, Hillier died in Princeton, New Jersey This is an authentic hand signed item and is NOT a preprint. We just recently purchased a large index card, First Day Cover and album page collection and will be listing hundreds of great autographs starting as low as $.99. Please let me know if the image is not showing up. Sometime Ebay messes up my images. Shipping & handling for this item is $6.00 for with Delivery Confirmation in the United States. Canada shipping is $6.00 flat rate Air Mail. For all other International customers shipping is a flat rate of $7.00 for Air mail or $14.00 for Global Priority. Yes I combine shipping. Check out our other auction that are starting at only $1.00. Buy more and still only pay one flat rate. Check out our Ebay Store for other great items. ATTENTION INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMERS:Because of new anti-terrorist measures Airmail packages are taking longer. Typically a package to the UK or Australia was only taking 10 to 14 days now they are taking upwards of a 25 to 30 days. I have been having this problem with all airmail items. The only international items that are arriving to there destinations in a timely manner are Priorty Mail. NOTE: Shipping & handling covers more than just the actual shipping costs. It covers a lot of other things like shipping material (envelopes, Card board, sheet protectors, labels, etc.) Our time spent packaging, delivering photos to the Post Office, etc. IF YOU DO NOT LIKE OUR S&H TERMS PLEASE DO NOT BID.... ATTENTION VERO MEMBERS: Please contact us first if you feel that we have violated your copyright. If you let us know first we will gladly remove the auction. Why you should buy from us? Cliff Yow is the owner of Autographed Cards and is a member in good standing of the UACC, IACC and The Manuscript Society. He is also a member of The Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels. Every autograph we offer for sale comes with a lifetime guarantee that it is authentic. Whenever you make a purchase from us you will receive a hard copy invoice for your records. We do this so you can contact us at anytime and to provide our customers with peace of mind that are dealing with someone reputable. We also offer free certificates of authenticity issued from our company Autographed Cards for all of our items on request. We are getting new collections so check out our auctions every week! Return Policy: If you are not happy with your purchase you have 14 days to return the item to us. We charge a 20% restocking fee and we do not refund the original shipping. We also will not pay for the return frieght of the item. Contact Us! Please contact us with any questions at autographedcards@hotmail.com or call 580-277-9261. Powered by eBay Turbo Lister The free listing tool. List your items fast and easy and manage your active items. Click Here. Double your traffic. Try Vendio Gallery Risk FREE!
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