iMAPS NEW ENGLAND AWARDS

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Delip 'Doug' Bokil - 2004 George Hanow Award

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Delip [ aka Doug ] Bokil spent his formative years both in the eastern part of India in Calcutta and also near the west coast of India in Bombay and Poona. Influenced by his father, a Civil Engineer working for the Indian Railways, he successfully completed his baccalaureate in Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering. Unfortunately, there weren't many domestic opportunities for a young ECE in those days, so a determined Delip, with a spirit of adventure and his family's encouragement, made his way to the U.S. intent upon "learning his profession."

Always a facile student, he was admitted to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Later, running short on cash, he headed to Concord, NH, for his first real job with Sprague Electric, which started him down the road to Hybrids and what we now call Microelectronics. Following a semester at UNH, Delip received his Masters in Engineering Management from Northeastern University. His career developed steadily with stints at RCA, Analog Devices, Film Microelectronics, Computer Products, American Power Conversion and Cabletron. He has applied his considerable skills to design, fabrication and test of electronic components, thick and thin films, microelectronic packages and Multi-Chip Modules.

In the mid 1990s, Delip accepted an assignment to set up, from scratch, a DC-DC Converter assembly operation in Weifang, Shandong Province in the northeast of China. Building on this success and newly acquired international experience, he followed up with three years at APC spending much of his time working for them in the Philippines.

Although devastated by the loss of his first wife at a young age, Delip rebounded and found a soul mate, Susan, with whom he raised his two sons, Nathan and Mark. They're an eclectic couple, enjoying ethnic foods, wine and gardening and Delip also likes downhill skiing. Delip brightens markedly when discussing perhaps his favorite topic, his involvement in community youth soccer. He co-founded the Winchester (MA) Soccer Club and worked with virtually every age group during his 10+ years as a coach.

Delip was working at RCA when he was encouraged to join ISHM. He quickly became involved in the NE Chapter Committee, serving as Secretary, Treasurer, Vice-President and President [ 1987 and 1988 ]. Following Chapter service, he spent four years as Northeast Regional Director and was subsequently elected Secretary of ISHM. He also served twice as Technical Chair of the International Symposium on Microelectronics [ 1987 and 1994 ]. Along with Roger Cadenhead, Delip was instrumental in expanding ISHM's focus and ISHM subsequently became IMAPS - International Microelectronics And Packaging Society. In 1997 he was awarded "Fellow of the Society."