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May 16, 2005 Vol. 76, no.
15S
Seek and
ye shall find: Alum and Google CEO to deliver Commencement address
This year's 2005 Commencement
speaker is Eric Schmidt (M.S.'79, Ph.D.'82 EECS), CEO of
Google. His company has become, among other things, a verb. In 2003,
Webster's New Millennium Dictionary of English added "google"
as a word for search. If you google "Eric Schmidt CEO,"
these tidbits come up:
"Schmidt worked at two seminal technology labs, Bell Laboratories
and Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center, and at chip pioneer Zilog,
Inc. The Virginia native joined Sun in 1983, a year after its founding,
and ran various software operations. As chief technology officer starting
in 1994, he helped popularize Java as a potential alternative to Microsoft's
Windows dominance." (BusinessWeek.com)
"The primary mission of Google is to get you what you want, rather
than what someone thinks you want," Schmidt said. (CNET)
"Access to information is not a trivial issue," said Schmidt,
adding that Google gets hundreds of thank-you letters each year, including
notes from people who used the site to find missing children or research
the symptoms of heart attack, getting them to the hospital sooner. (Northwestern
University)
"Q: What's your most memorable experience at Berkeley Engineering?
A: In no particular order: 4 a.m. at Giant Hamburgers with Bill Joy
and Randy Katz, playing Adventure on the PDP-11 (a classic supercomputer)
in Evans, wearing my motorcycle leathers to class, my study group for
orals, the satisfaction of a wonderful education from a tremendous school."
(College of Engineering Lab Notes Jan./Feb. 2003)
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