Cecil Howard Green
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Cecil Howard Green (August 6, 1900 – April 11, 2003) was a British-born American geophysicist, founder of Texas Instruments. With his wife Ida Green, he was a philanthropist who helped found several universities.
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[edit]- You must develop one all-important ability — being able to enlist the help of other people. You have to reach a state where others want to help you. This includes giving credit...which will come back to you a hundredfold. Your reputation stems from what people say when you’re not present.
- as quoted by Mike Carlowicz in WHOI Waypoints: Remembrance: Cecil Howard Green, Woods Hole Currents: Volume 10, Number 2, 2003