John Palmour

Wolfspeed salutes cofounder John Palmour with endowed professorship, names new plant in his honor

Posted by WRAL TechWire | Jan 25, 2023

A new gift is establishing the John Palmour Distinguished Professorship in Materials Science and Engineering at N.C. State as well as the Wolfspeed Endowed Scholarship in Memory of Dr. John Palmour. Wolfspeed’s new plant in Chatham County also will be named in his honor.

Remembering Cree/Wolfspeed co-founder John Palmour, 62

Posted by WRAL TechWire | Nov 15, 2022

John Palmour, one of the co-founders of Cree (now called Wolfspeed) died on Sunday at age 62. An alum of N.C. State, Palmour was remembered fondly by the university and Wolfspeed.