L to R: William Shockley, Ted Hoff, Robert Noyce, Jean Hoerni, Gordon Moore - 72" x 108" Oil on Linen Collection of Silicon Valley Luminary Society

The non-profit Silicon Valley Luminary Society was founded by retired patent attorney Harold C. Hohbach to create a series of museum quality portraits, by time period or industry, portraying Silicon Valley inventors and their inventions. The goal of the project is to inspire the next generation of young people to follow in the footsteps of these pioneers.

Each portrait in the series will be painted in oil on a 6 ft x 9 ft linen canvas and will include 5 inventors, along with their inventions, portrayed at the age they were when they made their breakthroughs.

The first portrait, now finished, is of the semiconductor inventors and includes William Shockley, Marcian (Ted) Hoff, Robert Noyce, Jean Hoerni and Gordon Moore (photo above). Three other portraits are in the painting stage while two more are in planning stages.