As we continue to work our way through our archive of photos, we run across some that are a bit out of the ordinary.  They may be humorous or unique but they stand out from the other photos. We post new photos here monthly with the previous photos in the slideshow.

Our January Photo of the Month highlights the road names on the Beaverton Campus. Click on the image for a higher resolution PDF.

Those of you who worked there perhaps recall the annual announcement that the streets on Tektronix property would be closed to the public on January 1^st. This has been to comply with a local ordinance to maintain private-property status for the roads inside the industrial park. As a follow up to last month’s aerial photo of the Beaverton Campus, this map of the Beaverton Campus is from 2021. We include a discussion regarding the names of the streets on the property. Howard Vollum led the naming effort, choosing scientists and engineers he admired. Some of these roads no longer exist due to campus reorganization.

Karl Braun Drive: It’s fitting that one of the major streets on the Tek campus is named for the German physicist credited with inventing the cathode ray oscilloscope in 1897. Along with Marconi, Braun received the 1909 Nobel Prize for their work in radio technology. Here is a more detailed biography on Karl Braun.

Alan Blumlein Road: A brilliant British circuit designer, Blumlein was awarded 138 patents before he died at age 38 in World War Two. Tek licensed some of his designs in the early days. Here is a more detailed biography on Alan Blumlein.

Bardeen Road: John Bardeen was an American physicist, co-recipient of the 1956 Nobel Prize for the invention of the transistor. He later received another Nobel for a theory of superconductivity. Bardeen Rd was located west of Building 58.

Zworykin Avenue: Vladimir Zworykin was a Russian immigrant who pioneered the development of television at RCA. Initial designs for the TV camera and picture tube were based on concepts he developed. Zworykin also contributed to advances in computers and the electron microscope.

Thomson Trail: British physicist J.J. Thomson was awarded the Nobel in 1906 for his discovery of the electron.

Knowlton Road - The street now called Hocken Road east of Building 13 was initially named for a Reed College professor who was a favorite of Howard Vollum’s. Dr. A.A. Knowlton taught physics and was well known for his mentorship of students. Here is a more detailed biography of Ansel A. Knowlton.

Schottky Terrace: Walter Schottky was a German physicist who made significant advances in vacuum tube technology and later was influential in semiconductor physics.

Shannon Road: Claude Elwood Shannon was a pioneering researcher in information theory and Boolean algebra, both important in the development of computer technology.

Terman Road: Frederick Terman, a Stanford University electrical engineering professor, authored several early influential texts on radio theory and electronics. Terman is credited as being the father of the Silicon Valley for his mentorship of the founders of Hewlett-Packard, Litton, Varian and other early SV companies.

Millikan Way:  Robert Millikan won the 1923 Nobel Prize in physics by quantifying the charge of an electron and discovery of the photoelectric effect. The road runs east-west south of the MAX Station. Here is a more detailed biography of Robert Millikan.

Hocken Road was named by the city of Beaverton for a former mayor. Jenkins Rd is named for prominent early Beaverton property owners. Murray Rd, formerly 145^th, was named for a Beaverton pioneer, Owen Murray.

Photos of the Month:  Jan 2025 - Present

Photos of the Month:  Feb 2019 - Dec 2024