WASHINGTON: US Lawmaker Honours Indian-American Engineer Who Helped Create USB Specifications

WASHINGTON: A US lawmaker has honoured
Indian-American electrical engineer Ravinder Singh Shergill who held several
patents related to disk storage and helped create the USB specifications.

Shergill
died on April 22 aged 64.

Madam
Speaker, I ask my colleagues in the United States House of Representatives to
join me in honouring the life of Mr Ravinder Singh Shergill. Our thoughts and
prayers are with his family and friends during this difficult time, Congressman
David Valadao said in his remarks at the House of Representatives earlier this
week.

Born on
September 12, 1956 in Punjab, Shergill migrated to the US for higher studies at
the age of 17.

At the
age of 17, he immigrated to the United States and later graduated from UC
Berkeley with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering. He went on to
work for National Semiconductor for more than three decades, Valadao said.

As an
engineer, Mr Shergill held patents involving disk storage and helped create the
USB specifications. As a manager, he admired and respected as a mentor to his
colleagues. His story is truly an embodiment of the American Dream, he said.

Universal
Serial Bus (USB) is an industry standard that establishes specifications for
cables and connectors and protocols for connection, communication and power
supply between computers, peripherals and other computers.

Valadao
said Shergill had a great appreciation for America, but he never forgot his
roots.

He was
committed to bridging the Sikh and American communities together and was a
founding member of the Sikh Youth of California and America. Shergill is
remembered as a caring husband, father, and grandfather with a love for books,
history, music, and film,” he said.

Shergill
is survived by his wife of 39 years, Grace Rosa; two daughters, one son and
four grandchildren.