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Cornell University and The Entrepreneurship and Personal Enterprise Program are pleased to announce Jeff Hawkins '79 as Cornell Entrepreneur of the Year 2000:
Jeffrey Hawkins The 2000 Cornell Entrepreneur of the Year Address will be held Friday September 22, 2000 4-4:45 pm, Statler Auditorium Public Welcome to Attend

Jeff Hawkins co-founded Handspring in July of 1998 after his incredibly successful run at Palm Computing. In 1994, Hawkins invented the original PalmPilot products and founded Palm Computing. He is often credited as the designer who reinvented the handheld market. An industry veteran with nearly 20 years of technical expertise, Hawkins currently holds nine patents for various handheld devices and features. Jeff earned his B.S. in electrical engineering from Cornell in 1979.