Resolution for the 90th Anniversary of Motorola Solutions
WHEREAS, Motorola Solutions is an iconic American company, started by Paul and Joseph Galvin as Galvin Manufacturing Corporation at 847 Harrison Street in Chicago, Illinois, on September 25, 1928. Paul Galvin spent $750 at an auction to purchase tools and plans for the manufacture of a battery eliminator and thus started the steps to develop and grow Motorola; and
WHEREAS, Paul Galvin's entrepreneurial spirit, blended with his direct, no-nonsense philosophy and respect for people born of his small town Illinois heritage, inspired the success of Galvin Manufacturing Corporation and its first five employees; and
WHEREAS, Galvin Manufacturing Corporation developed one ofthe first commercially successful car radios in 1930. Company founder Paul Galvin created the Motorola brand for the car radio— linking "motor" (for motorcar) with "ola" (which implied sound); and
WHEREAS, Galvin Manufacturing Corporation began selling Motorola car radio receivers to police departments and municipalities in November 1930. The company's first public safety customers included the Village of River Forest; Village of Bellwood Police Department; City of Evanston Police; Illinois State Highway Police; and Cook County (Chicago area) Police; and
WHEREAS, in 1940 Motorola engineers developed the Handie-Talkie SCR536 AM handheld two-way radio that became a World War II battlefield icon; and in 1943 they designed the world's first FM portable two-way radio, the SCR300 backpack model, for the U.S. Army Signal Corps; and
WHEREAS, in 1945 Galvin Manufacturing Corporation installed a Motorola two-way radio communications system for the Rock Island Lines railroad at Blue Island, Illinois, the first railway radio station licensed by the U.S. government; and
WHEREAS, in 1946 Motorola developed an experimental long-distance radio communications system for the bus industry, used by buses between Chicago and Detroit, Michigan. A control center with M...
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