[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 69 (Friday, May 24, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E922]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 TRIBUTE TO W.J. (JERRY) SANDERS III ON THE OCCASION OF HIS RETIREMENT 
                   FROM ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC.

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                           HON. ANNA G. ESHOO

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 23, 2002

  Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor a distinguished 
American, a proud Californian and a Silicon Valley icon, W.J. (Jerry) 
Sanders, III, who is retiring as Chief Executive Officer of Advanced 
Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) after 33 years of leadership.
  Jerry Sanders has had an extraordinary career building an 
extraordinary company. He started from a modest beginning as a salesman 
for Motorola, then moved on to hold positions in the Engineering 
Department of Douglas Aircraft in sales, and in the Semiconductor 
Division of the Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corporation where he 
worked as a Sales Manager, Area Sales Manager, Department Head, 
Director of Marketing, and eventually, as Group Director of Marketing 
Worldwide from 1967 to 1969.
  In 1969, Jerry Sanders left Fairchild Semiconductor to launch AMD out 
of the living room of one of its co-founders. Today, the Sunnyvale-
based company, located in my Congressional District, is a global 
supplier of integrated circuits for the personal and networked computer 
and communications markets. Employing 14,000 people worldwide with over 
$4 billion in annual revenues, AMD today is the world's second largest 
manufacturer of microprocessors.
  Under the able stewardship of Jerry Sanders, AMD has honored its 
commitment to making our communities better places to live and work. 
Through its school partnerships, corporate giving, and employee 
volunteer programs, the company continues to serve as a model of 
corporate and civic responsibility.
  Jerry Sanders has been honored with many awards, including being 
named the Best Chief Executive Officer in the semiconductor industry 
for the years 1983, 1984 and 1985 by the Wall Street Transcript. In 
1991, under his leadership and guidance, AMD was named Comeback Company 
of the Year by Electronic Business.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring Jerry Sanders 
for his exceptional leadership, his great determination, his sheer guts 
and his lasting contributions to our community, to Silicon Valley and 
to our nation's economy. We're a better country because of him and all 
he's done.

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