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In Memory of Brad HoslerOur very dear friend and colleague Brad Hosler passed away on August 31, 2007, at his home in Portland, Oregon, after several years of battling cancer. Brad was an alumnus of Bucknell and completed his graduate studies at Carnegie Mellon University. He joined Intel in 1980. Brad's signature accomplishments at Intel are associated with the USB family of technologies. He was a core contributor to the USB 1.0 initiative where he led the host controller specification and implemented an end-user focused USB Logo Compliance program. Spanning the next decade, Brad drove the wired and wireless USB evolutions. For both programs he set architectural standards and managed the team delivering the technology and logo compliance programs. Brad received two Intel Achievement Awards, one in 2003 for the USB 2.0 extension and another in 2006 for the architecture and enabling of the Wireless USB protocol over the Ultra Wideband (UWB) spectrum. The success of the USB interface and market of platforms and peripherals that sell in multiple billion units today is a measure of his impact. Brad was promoted to Principal Engineer last year in recognition of his long roadmap of accomplishments in the field of I/O architecture and compliance. He was vested with the informal authority of Chief Technical Officer and served as Treasurer for the USB Implementers Forum. For over a decade, Brad spoke frequently at USB-IF and industry forums, where his talks were widely solicited and acclaimed. Even more than Brad's accomplishments it is the credible, straightforward, and pragmatic manner in which he led collaboration across the industry that is most memorable. His personal integrity and sincerity led to a remarkable degree of goodwill, trust, and personal bonds between the USB-IF and development partners. All of us will miss his genial temperament, spontaneous leadership, experienced judgment and ready helpfulness. He was a consummate technologist and a proud and loving family man. Brad is survived by his wife Marjanna and his daughters Amanda, Elizabeth, MaryPat, and Karen, his parents William and MaryLou and his siblings Nancy and Sally and brother-in-law Eugene. Brad touched and enriched the lives of so many. To honor his legacy and his love of engineering, the Hosler family has planned to establish a scholarship fund in his name which will provide scholarship support for promising engineering students. In lieu of sending flowers, they ask that contributions be made to the scholarship fund. Contributions may be sent to: Check made payable to: With a notation: “Brad Hosler Fund” Send to: |
