BILL ANALYSIS Ó ----------------------------------------------------------------- |SENATE RULES COMMITTEE | SCR 30| |Office of Senate Floor Analyses | | |(916) 651-1520 Fax: (916) | | |327-4478 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- CONSENT Bill No: SCR 30 Author: Hill (D) Amended: 3/26/15 Vote: 21 SENATE TRANS. & HOUSING COMMITTEE: 9-0, 4/14/15 AYES: Beall, Cannella, Allen, Bates, Galgiani, McGuire, Mendoza, Roth, Wieckowski NO VOTE RECORDED: Gaines, Leyva SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE: Senate Rule 28.8 SUBJECT: Frederick E. Terman Memorial Highway SOURCE: Author DIGEST: This resolution designates a portion of State Highway Route (SR) 101 in Santa Clara County as the Frederick E. Terman Memorial Highway. ANALYSIS: This resolution designates the portion of SR 101 from post mile 48.596, at Shoreline Boulevard, to post mile 52.550, at the San Mateo County line, in the County of Santa Clara, as the Frederick E. Terman Memorial Highway. This resolution further requests that the Department of Transportation erect appropriate signs upon receiving donations from non-state sources to cover the costs. Comments SCR 30 Page 2 1)Purpose. The author introduced this bill to honor the life and accomplishments of Frederick E. Terman. 2)Background on Mr. Terman. Frederick E. Terman was born on June 7, 1900, in English, Indiana. Mr. Terman attended Stanford University, where he completed his undergraduate degree in chemistry and his master's degree in electrical engineering, and returned to Stanford University in 1925 as a member of the engineering faculty. For his first 12 years he was the only faculty member teaching electronics, then known as radio engineering. In 1932, Mr. Terman wrote and published a textbook on radio engineering, which was one of the most important books on electrical and radio engineering and remains a good reference on these subjects. He was elected president of the Institute of Radio Engineers in 1940, the first person ever to be elected from west of Pittsburgh. During World War II, Mr. Terman directed a staff of more than 850 at the Radio Research Laboratory at Harvard University, an organization that was the source of various technologies used to counter enemy radar during the war. After the war, Mr. Terman returned to Stanford and was appointed Dean of the School of Engineering. Mr. Terman created the Stanford Industrial Park to associate industry more closely with the university. Mr. Terman encouraged the licensing of Stanford University inventions and the establishing of faculty-consulting relations as a means of getting Stanford ideas into the core of industry. Mr. Terman passed away on December 19, 1982, in Palo Alto, California. FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.:YesLocal: No SUPPORT: (Verified4/27/15) SCR 30 Page 3 Hewlett-Packard Company Santa Clara University Stanford University Stanford University School of Engineering Three individuals OPPOSITION: (Verified4/27/15) None received Prepared by:Holly Glasen / T. & H. / (916) 651-4121 4/28/15 15:31:23 **** END ****