Robert P. Akins

Overview

Robert P. Akins is one of Cymer's co-founders, has served as its chairman and chief executive officer since Cymer's inception in 1986, and served as president of Cymer as well from its inception until May 2000. Akins currently serves on the boards of directors of Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International ("SEMI"), and SEMI North America. He is also a member of the council of advisors to the Irwin and Joan Jacobs School of Engineering at the University of California, San Diego ("UCSD"), and serves on the board of the UC San Diego Foundation. Akins received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award for San Diego County in 1997, and with fellow Cymer co-founder Rick Sandstrom, received the outstanding alumnus award from UCSD, and the prestigious SEMI Award for North America, the highest honor conferred by SEMI, in 1996 for contributions to the field of deep ultraviolet ("DUV") lithography. Akins received a B.S. in physics, a B.A. in literature, and a Ph.D. in applied physics from UCSD.