Robert Galvin, long-time CEO of Motorola, dies

Release Date 13 Oct, 2011 in Reuters

 
   

Robert Galvin, who transformed Motorola, dies at 89

Economic Times - 13 Oct, 2011
Robert W. Galvin, who took the reins of Motorola from his father and built a family-run business that pioneered Depression-era car radios and wartime walkie-talkies into a global maker of color television sets, cellphones and other ubiquities of the ...

Ex-Motorola CEO Robert Galvin dies

Times of India - 13 Oct, 2011
SCHAUMBERG: Robert Galvin, 89 -- a long-time chief executive of Motorola, the telecommunications company that created the first cellphone -- has died. Galvin, who was CEO of Motorola for almost three decades, passed away during the night of Oct 11, ...

Chicago loses an innovator, Robert Galvin

Chicago Tribune - 13 Oct, 2011
It is fitting that the passing of a great business innovator coincides with Chicago Ideas Week, an event meant to bring together creative thinkers to share best practices and fresh ideas. Ideas were the stock in trade of Robert Galvin, ...

Robert W. Galvin, 1922-2011

Chicago Tribune - Wailin Wong - 13 Oct, 2011
Robert W. Galvin, 89, the former chief executive and chairman of Motorola Inc. who led the company as it pioneered the cellular phone, died late Tuesday in Chicago, his family said. Mr. Galvin shaped Motorola, ...

Son of Founder Turned Motorola Into Cellphone Giant

Wall Street Journal - Stephen Miller - 13 Oct, 2011
In three decades in the corner office, Mr. Galvin led Motorola to dominance in pagers, made it a major player in semiconductors, and introduced the "Six Sigma" quality-control regimen. Mr. Galvin, who died Tuesday at age 89, ...

Galvin Electricity Initiative Remembers Founder

MarketWatch (press release) - 13 Oct, 2011
CHICAGO, Oct. 12, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Kurt Yeager and John Kelly, respectively vice chairman and executive director of the nonprofit the Galvin Electricity Initiative, released the following statement on the passing of Initiative founder, ...

Ex-Motorola CEO Galvin dies

TODAYonline - 13 Oct, 2011
Mr Robert Galvin, 89 - a long-time chief executive of Motorola, the telecommunications company that created the first mobile phone - has died. Mr Galvin passed away on Tuesday night, according to a statement from his family released yesterday. ...

Robert Galvin, Longtime CEO of Motorola, Dies at 89

PC Magazine - Damon Poeter - 13 Oct, 2011
Robert Galvin, the CEO of Motorola for nearly three decades and the son of its founder, died Tuesday night at the age of 89. Galvin took over as Motorola's chief executive in 1959 after the death of his father, Motorola founder Paul ...

Robert Galvin, Longtime Motorola CEO And Cellphone Pioneer, Dies At 89

Huffington Post - Peter Svensson - 13 Oct, 2011
NEW YORK -- Robert Galvin, who over nearly three decades as Motorola's CEO transformed the maker of police radios and TVs into one of the world's leading electronics companies, has died. He was 89. ...

Motorola's Former Chief Executive Robert Galvin Dies at 89

BusinessWeek - Hugo Miller - 13 Oct, 2011
Oct. 12 (Bloomberg) -- Robert Galvin, who led Motorola Inc. as chief executive officer for 29 years, died at the age of 89. He “died peacefully” during the night of Oct. 11, the Galvin family said in a statement today. ...

Summary Box: Longtime Motorola CEO Bob Galvin dies

Newsday (subscription) - 13 Oct, 2011
News Newsday > News Content Preview Newsday/Optimum Online ® subscribers click here for full access Not a Newsday or Optimum Online ® subscriber? Click here Summary Box: Longtime Motorola CEO Bob Galvin dies Published: October 12, 2011 5:54 PM By The ...

Summary Box: Longtime Motorola CEO Robert Galvin dies at 89

Washington Post - 13 Oct, 2011
By AP, HIS LEGACY: Galvin oversaw Motorola's pioneering efforts in the cellular industry, including the creation of the first commercial cellphone in 1973 and the construction of the first cellphone network in the early 80s. He transformed the maker of ...

Longtime Motorola CEO Robert Galvin dies at 89

eTaiwan News - Peter Svensson - 13 Oct, 2011
AP Robert Galvin, who over nearly three decades as Motorola's CEO transformed the maker of police radios and TVs into one of the world's leading electronics companies, has died. He was 89. Galvin died Tuesday night in Chicago of ...

Longtime Motorola CEO Robert Galvin dies at 89

Newsday (subscription) - 13 Oct, 2011
Nation Newsday > Business Content Preview Newsday/Optimum Online ® subscribers click here for full access Not a Newsday or Optimum Online ® subscriber? Click here Longtime Motorola CEO Robert Galvin dies at 89 Originally published: October 12, ...

Longtime Motorola CEO Robert Galvin Dies at 89

ABC News - Peter Svensson - 13 Oct, 2011
Robert Galvin, who was Motorola's CEO for nearly three decades and took it from maker of police radios and TVs to one of the world's leading electronics companies, has died. He was 89. His family says Galvin died ...

Longtime Motorola executive Robert W. Galvin dies

Computerworld - Nancy Gohring - 13 Oct, 2011
IDG News Service - Robert W. Galvin, the son of the founder of Motorola and CEO of the company for 29 years, has died. He was 89. Galvin "died peacefully during the night" Tuesday in Chicago, the company said in a statement issued ...

Motorola's Former Chief Executive Robert Galvin Dies at 89

Bloomberg - Hugo Miller - 13 Oct, 2011
Robert W. Galvin, former chief executive officer of Motorola Inc. Source: Motorola Inc. via Bloomberg Robert Galvin, who led Motorola Inc. as chief executive officer for 29 years, died at the age of 89. ...

Longtime Motorola CEO Robert Galvin dies at 89

CBS News - 13 Oct, 2011
(AP) NEW YORK " Robert Galvin, who was Motorola's CEO for 29 years and took it from maker of police radios and TVs to one of the world's leading electronics companies, has died. He was 89. Galvin died Tuesday night in Chicago of natural causes, ...

Robert W. Galvin Dies at Age 89

MarketWatch (press release) - 13 Oct, 2011
CHICAGO, Oct. 12, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Robert ("Bob") William Galvin, the longtime chief executive officer of Motorola Inc., died peacefully during the night of October 11, 2011 in Chicago. Galvin - a transformative global business leader, ...

Former Motorola CEO Robert Galvin has died

Crain's Chicago Business - Lorene Yue, John Pletz - 13 Oct, 2011
(Crain's) " Robert Galvin, a former CEO of Motorola Inc. and son of the company's founder, died Tuesday. Mr. Galvin, 89, was an innovator in the mobile phone sector, overseeing Motorola as it introduced the first compact cellphone in 1989 and the first ...

Cell phone pioneer and former Motorola CEO, Robert Galvin, dies at age 89

HULIQ - Bryan Alaspa - 13 Oct, 2011
Just about a week after another pioneer in the world of technology died, Steve Jobs, another man who changed the way human beings communicates has died in Robert Galvin, former Motorola CEO. Galvin took over the company back in 1959, when he took it ...

Former Motorola CEO, Chairman Galvin Dies At 89

CRN - Chad Berndtson - 13 Oct, 2011
Robert Galvin, who for nearly 30 years ran Motorola and transitioned it from a maker of radios and other electronics into a cellphone and mobile electronics device powerhouse, has died. Galvin passed away during the night of Oct. ...

Summary Box: Longtime Motorola CEO Bob Galvin dies

Live 5 News - 13 Oct, 2011
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Bob Galvin, longtime Motorola CEO, passes away

GigaOm - Stacey Higginbotham - 13 Oct, 2011
Robert Galvin, the former CEO and chairman of Motorola, passed away today at the age of 89. He took over the reigns of the automotive radio manufacturing company in 1959 and stayed through ...

MOTOROLA MOBILITY HOLDINGS INC: Motorola Mobility Issues Statement Regardi..

4-traders (press release) - 13 Oct, 2011
Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc : Motorola Mobility Issues Statement Regarding Passing of Former Chairman and CEO Robert W. Galvin LIBERTYVILLE, Ill. - Oct. 12, 2011 - Motorola Mobility, Inc. today commented on the death of former chairman and CEO, ...

Mobile Legend Bob Galvin Of Motorola Dies, Few At CTIA Notice

MocoNews - 13 Oct, 2011
Bob Galvin, who oversaw Motorola's invention of the cell phone and helped change the way the world communicates, has died at the age of 89. Galvin led Motorola (NYSE: MMI) as CEO and later chairman as the company developed the first cell phones in the ...

Robert Galvin of Motorola dead at 89

UPI.com - 13 Oct, 2011
CHICAGO, Oct. 12 (UPI) -- Robert Galvin, who led Motorola from 1959 to 1990, guiding the firm through an era of tremendous growth, has died at age 89, his family said. The Chicago Tribune reported that Galvin "passed away," Tuesday night without ...

Longtime Motorola Solutions CEO Passes Away (MSI)

Financial News Network Online - 13 Oct, 2011
On Tuesday evening, Robert William Galvin, longtime CEO of Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) passed away in Chicago at the age 89. He took over Motorola under his father in 1950 and stayed as CEO for 29 years where he transformed the company into a global ...

Longtime Motorola CEO Robert W. Galvin Passes Away At Age 89

TechCrunch - 13 Oct, 2011
Robin Wauters currently works as a staff writer for TechCrunch and lead editor of Virtualization.com. Aside from his professional blogging activities, he's an entrepreneur, event organizer, occasional board adviser and angel investor but most ...

Longtime Motorola CEO Robert Galvin dies at 89

Chicago Sun-Times - Stefano Esposito - 13 Oct, 2011
At the beginning of the 1970s, a hand-held portable cell phone seemed inconceivable " even to some of the most creative minds at Schaumburg-based Motorola. “That was viewed as totally ludicrous ...

 

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