I think the varied backgrounds in the beginning were a plus. It took a while for people to understand what they were trying to do and get started, but it did provide for a lot of new ideas.

The Jack Kilby family donated his personal manuscripts and his personal photograph collection to Southern Methodist University. Patent 3115581 Miniature Semiconductor Integrated Circuit filed May 1959 issued December 1963
U. The Jack Kilby Computer Centre at the Merchiston Campus of Edinburgh Napier University in Edinburgh is also named in his honor.

Jack St. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in physics in 2000. He is also the inventor of the handheld calculator and the thermal printer.