Awards & Boards 1964 IBM "Outstanding Technical Contribution Award" for optical character recognition 1965 - 1968 United States National Committee on Optics 1966 National Academy of Science, International Commission on Optics, Paris, France 1968 - 1969 L. B. Johnson Presidential Task Force on Telecommunications 1969 - 1975 Trustee Committee, Athletics and Student Affairs, Lafayette College 1970 - 1975 Board of Directors, Xerox Center for Health Care, Baylor School of Medicine 1974 - 1988 Board of Directors, SMU College for Science and Technology, Dallas, Texas 1977 - 1978 Board of Directors, United Way of Dallas, Dallas, Texas 1978 - 1979 Board of Directors, Edwin L. Cox School of Business, SMU, Dallas, Texas 1978 - Board of Trustees, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois 1979 - 1982 Board of Directors, First City Bank of Dallas, Dallas, Texas 1980 Best Outside Speaker of the Year, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania 1980 - 1981 Committee on IR&D, National Research Council 1981 - Board of Directors, Molex Corporation, Lisle, Illinois 1981 Society of Manufacturing Engineers Distinguished Engineering Achievements Award 1983 - 1988 Board of Directors, Xytronyx, Inc., San Diego, California 1985 - 1987 Dallas Citizens Council, Dallas Texas 1987 - 1988 Board of Directors, Richardson Medical Center Foundation 1988 - 1989 Executive Committee, San Antonio Economic Development Foundation 1988 - 1990 Board of Directors, United Way of San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas 1988 Commencement Orator, Columbia College 1988 - 1990 Advisory Board, Alamo Chapter of American Diabetes Association 1989 - 1992 Engineering Advisory Committee, University of Texas at San Antonio 1995 Distinguished Scholar Medal from the University of Rochester recognizing accomplishments as scientist, engineer, manager, executive, entrepreneur 1988 - 2003 Board of Trustees, Alliance for Higher Education, Dallas, Texas 1999 - 2002 Vice Chairman, Board of Governors, IIT Research Institute, Chicago, Illinois 1999 - 2001 Fitness Committee, The Four Seasons Sports Club, Irving, Texas 2000 - Board of Directors, The Bradshaw Group, Richardson, Texas 2000 - Board of Directors, SpeedFC, Dallas, Texas 2000 - 2002 Chairman of the Firm, Tatum CIO Partners, LLP, Atlanta, Georgia 2002 - 2005 Advisory Director, The American National Bank, Terrell, Texas 2001 - 2007 Board of Directors, Cree, Inc., Durham, North Carolina 2003 - 2007 University of Texas at Dallas External Research Advisory Council 2003 - Board of Directors, Zebra Technologies Corporation, Vernon Hills, Illinois 2004 + 05 Judge, Tech Titans, Dallas, Texas 2006 - Advisory Board, Micropac Industries, Inc., Garland, Texas 2006 - Advisory Board, MicroSun Technologies, Lisle, Illinois 2007 - 2008 Director Emeritus, Cree, Inc., Durham, North Carolina 2008 Judge, Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year, Dallas, Texas   ©2010 R. J. Potter Company