Holt

Ray Holt, a retired Silicon Valley computer designer who developed the world’s first microprocessor chip for the F-14 fighter jet, shows off a scrapbook containing mementoes from the project and the Purple Thunder robot he helped students in Mount Olive design and build for competition. Holt is set to graduate Saturday, May 11, with a master’s degree in curriculum and instruction from the University of Mississippi. UM photo by Kevin Bain.