HALL OF FAME
1998
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.