J. Erik Jonsson

E97
businessperson civic leader engineer human mayor philanthropist

J. Erik Jonsson was an American businessman, co-founder of Texas Instruments, and civic leader who served as mayor of Dallas and was recognized for his significant contributions to public welfare and science.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
J. Erik Jonsson canonical 8
Erik Jonsson 1
Jonsson 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf businessperson ⓘ
civic leader ⓘ
engineer ⓘ
human ⓘ
mayor ⓘ
philanthropist ⓘ
coFounded Texas Instruments ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1901-09-06 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1995-08-31 ⓘ
educatedAt Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ⓘ
employer Texas Instruments ⓘ
ethnicGroup Swedish American ⓘ
familyName J. Erik Jonsson self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Jonsson
fieldOfWork civic leadership ⓘ
electronics industry ⓘ
public administration ⓘ
semiconductor industry ⓘ
founded Southwest Center for Advanced Studies (predecessor of UT Dallas) ⓘ
givenName Johan ⓘ
hasAcademicDegree engineering degree ⓘ
knownFor contributions to public welfare ⓘ
leadership in developing Texas Instruments ⓘ
role in founding the University of Texas at Dallas ⓘ
service as mayor of Dallas ⓘ
support for science and technology ⓘ
memberOf Texas Instruments board of directors ⓘ
name J. Erik Jonsson self-link ⓘ
notableAward Hoover Medal ⓘ
National Medal of Science supporter recognition ⓘ
notableFor leadership in Dallas after the assassination of John F. Kennedy ⓘ
notableProject support for Dallas public library system ⓘ
notableWork co-founding Texas Instruments ⓘ
occupation businessman ⓘ
engineer ⓘ
philanthropist ⓘ
politician ⓘ
officeEndTime 1971 (mayor of Dallas) ⓘ
officeStartTime 1964 (mayor of Dallas) ⓘ
placeOfBirth Brooklyn ⓘ
surface form: Brooklyn, New York
placeOfDeath Dallas, Texas ⓘ
positionHeld mayor of Dallas ⓘ
precededBy Earle Cabell ⓘ
religion Lutheranism ⓘ
residence Dallas, Texas ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
succeededBy Wes Wise ⓘ
workLocation Dallas, Texas ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Public Welfare Medal → notableRecipient → J. Erik Jonsson ⓘ
J. Erik Jonsson → name → J. Erik Jonsson self-link ⓘ
J. Erik Jonsson → familyName → J. Erik Jonsson self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jonsson
Texas Instruments → foundedBy → J. Erik Jonsson ⓘ
Geophysical Service Incorporated → foundedBy → J. Erik Jonsson ⓘ
Johan → givenNameOf → J. Erik Jonsson ⓘ
Johan → hasNotableBearer → J. Erik Jonsson ⓘ
Mayor of Dallas → positionHeldBy → J. Erik Jonsson ⓘ
TI → foundedBy → J. Erik Jonsson ⓘ
subject surface form: Texas Instruments
Highland Park High School → hasAlumnus → J. Erik Jonsson ⓘ
this entity surface form: Erik Jonsson