Jim Carlo

Carlo, Jim (James) Jim (James) Carlo, of Dallas, Texas, born in the Bronx, N.Y.C, in 1946, grew up with his family in Hackensack, N.J, attending and graduating from Hackensack High School. He then attended M.I.T for nine years, obtaining his Ph.D in Electrical engineering. The highlight of M.I.T, was meeting his wife, Muffy (Martha Burner), who he married while at M.I.T. They raised two sons, John and Daniel. Jim was very proud of his children and he worked hard to give them confidence to succeed in whatever they wanted to accomplish. John is now a Doctor specializing in Public Health, and Daniel is a CPA. Muffy is an accomplished Watercolor Artist. Jim worked for 30 years at TI, Dallas and Houston, where is participated in the early develop-ment of DLP display technology, CCD imagers for the Space Telescope and Magnetic Bubble memories while in research. The last twenty years Jim was a technical leader of Token Ring LANs, eventually focusing on IEEE standards. He was chair of the IEEE 802 LAN Committee for five years, and President of the IEEE Standards Association, serving on the IEEE Board of Directors. He was a TI Fellow and is a IEEE Life Fellow. Jim is survived by his wife, Muffy, two sons, John of Dallas and Daniel of Garland, and a brother, Donald in Hamilton, NJ. Daniel's wife and grand-daughter Eve are part of his family. Memorial service will be held at 10:00 am, February 17, 2012 at St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Dallas.