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The Jack Kilby Memorial honors engineer Jack Kilby, who in 1958, invented the microchip after he had been newly hired at Texas Instruments. Kilby was also the one who invented the pocket calculator and was awarded a Nobel Prize in 2000 for the field of physics. In 2005, he sadly died and later in April of 2012, the city of Great Bend put up a statue as a memorial to the man who grew up in Great Bend, Kansas. The bronze monument was made by Chet Cale, a local sculptor, is titled as “The Gift” and stands outside of the county courthouse.
1400 Main St, Great Bend, KS 67530
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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