Remembering a Manufacturing Hero

Interviewed :Gary HeerssenRelevant Date :2007-06-13

Summary : Gary Heerssen, AMD's Senior Vice President of Corporate Manufacturing, passed away on December 20, 2004. What a loss . . . to his family, to his coworkers, to AMD, and to the industry. I first got to know Gary in the 80's when the trade war with Ja

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