HALL OF
FAME 1998
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Harvey P. White
is the president and director of QUALCOMM, Inc.
based in San Diego, CA. In 1985, White and six
others co-founded QUALCOMM, which has grown to
more than $2 billion in sales with some 10,000
employees. QUALCOMM is a wireless communications
company and is a leading manufacturer of CDMA
phones, infrastructure and components with
distribution throughout the world. White was
educated in West Virginia, attending West
Virginia Wesleyan for two years and later
transferring to Marshall University, where he
graduated with a B.A. in Economics in 1955. A
member of the Boa rd of Trustees of West Virginia
Wesleyan College, he is also involved with
ScrippsHealth (Hospitals), Solana Technology
Corporation and the Greater San Diego Y.M.C.A. He
co-founded the San Diego Telecom CEO Council and
serves on committees for the mayor of San Diego,
Port Commission of San Diego and the San Diego
County Board of Education on issues such as
airport plans and technology for the city and
school system. White is also vice chairman of the
San Diego Economic Development Corporation and
has ser ved on other civic, arts and community
service boards. He was named by San Diego
Magazine in its annual selection of
"Who's Who in San Diego" for 1994.
White and his wife, Frances Hamilton, have three
children and three grandchildren. Through their
foundation, they have funded scholarships and
supported library expansion in West Virginia and
southern Ohio in honor of their parents. |
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