Guide to the Gordon S. Kino Papers SC1471
Jenny Johnson, Claudia Willett
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
April 2019, March 2023
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford 94305-6064
specialcollections@stanford.edu
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Gordon S. Kino Papers
Creator:
Kino, Gordon S.
Identifier/Call Number: SC1471
Physical Description:
7 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1955-2017
Language of Material: English
Physical Location: Special Collections
and University Archives materials are stored offsite and must be paged 48 hours in advance.
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http://library.stanford.edu/spc.
Conditions Governing Access
Materials are open for research use. Audio-visual materials are not available in original
format, and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must
be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford
University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent is given on behalf of Special
Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright
owner, heir(s) or assigns. Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the
original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational
purposes.
Preferred Citation
[identification of item] Gordon S. Kino Papers (SC1471). Dept. of Special Collections and
University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift, 2019.
Biographical / Historical
Gordon S. Kino was the W. M. Keck Foundation Professor of Electrical Engineering, Emeritus,
and a professor of applied physics at Stanford University until his death on Oct. 9, 2017.
He was 89. He was best known for inventing new microscopes that improved semiconductor
manufacturing and transformed medical diagnostics.
Scope and Contents
Condolence letters, memorial programs, and articles re Kino's life; photograph album from
Kino's retirement party; patent files related to Therma-Wave, Inc. & Boxer Cross, Inc.;
miscellaneous publications.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Electrical engineering
Physics
Kino, Gordon S.
Therma-Wave Inc.
Boxer Cross Inc.
Papers Accession ARCH-2019-105
Box 1, Folder 1
Celebration of life program
2018
Box 1, Folder 2
Therma-Wave, Inc. v. Boxer Cross, Inc.
Box 1, Folder 3
Therma-Wave, Inc. v. Boxer Cross, Inc.
Box 2
Monolithic Sezawa Wave Convolver
Box 2
Therma-Wave/Boxer Cross articles
Box 2
Therma-Wave/Boxer Cross patents
Box 3
Accoustic Wave publications
Box 3
Miscellaneous publications
Box 3
"University and Industry Research and Licensing Relationships" 3_02
Physical Description: 1
videotape(s) (vhs)
Box 4
Notebook-Bill Studenmund: photothermal microscope
1997 Jul 15
Box 4
Ruch, J.G., "Measurement of the Velocity-Field Characteristic of Gallium
Arsenide"
1967 Dec
Additional papers Accession ARCH-2019-194
Box 1
Photograph albums, mostly Asia
Box 1
SwinSide: Swinburne Staff News
2000 Dec
Box 2
Alcoa Centennial Technical Symposia
1988 Jun 13-17
Box 3
Computer Media
Physical Description: 44 floppy
disk(s) (3.5 inch)
Box 3
Computer Media
Physical Description: 1 hard
drive(s)
Box 3
Computer Media
Physical Description: 1 flash
drive(s)
Box 3
Audiorecordings
Physical Description: 14
audiocassette(s) (microcassette)
Box 1
Employment records and agreement [RESTRICTED until 2078] ARCH-2020-043
1996-2002
Conditions Governing Access
Employment records are restricted for 75 years. These files may be made available in
2078.
