Dr. George S. Hopper

He was a mentor and sep father to me since 1974. At 60, I still count on the math tricks he taught me to quickly solve problems without a calculator. He was a loving, generous, fun guy with an amazing mind and thought process. My life is better because he was a big part of it. Man, I miss him! I remember him telling me one day kids would be schooled from home instead of going to gather at a building full of desks. Lessons would be taught over computers and students would be able to...

This came up on my phone today. I cant believe its been 11 years!
Living in FL often has me feeling like Im in a time warp. I dont notice time passing with the lack of seasons I guess. Its just weird. But not a day goes by that I dont think of my Steve and my mom. They were parted by death and reunited by death.

I first met George in about 1975 when I was a young Night Vision Lab physicist trying to start up a new program called Thermal Weapon Sight. I visited all the major infrared sensor companies to find out what technologies they had to offer. When I got to TI, George and his team listened, but they didn't tell me anything about their technologies. I thought it somewhat strange at the time, because everyone was trying to sell me something.

About two years later I left the government and...

George was a mentor for me, especially when I was in the DC office working with the issues of the IR world. He always made us proud to be a TIer by his presence. We had some good times together, and he will be missed by many. There are few people in this world who have an influence on our lives, and George was one of those who influenced me. I want to send my condolences to all his family, and let them know what a great human being George was during his life here on earth.

I regret that I will not be able to be at George's memorial service. George was one of several individuals that took a very wet behind the ears young engineer under their wing when I started at TI and helped me grow and learn how engineering should be done. As a math challenged individual, George was always there to back me up. I could always tell how difficult a problem I presented by the number of seahorses (integrals) he required to develop the solution, I knew I had really challenged...

George was truly one of the forces behind the success of the modular FLIR for which he received the Haggerty award for inovation along with myself and others. Abrilliant mind has gone to serve the lord.

May God be with you and the family in this time of great loss. George was a wonderful engineer and a better friend. He will be missed by many.

Sorry to hear about your loss. May god grant you love.

It makes me smile to hear George referred to as Steve. We knew him as George.

George and I were contemporary IR technology leaders, competitors, and good friends. It was good to have a friend that I knew I could call and discuss an issue with knowing he knew what he was talking about and that he would provide a truthful answer/debate. This continued even after he left TI and I left Hughes.

He will be missed by many. As always I am sure he will do well at whatever comes next.