Article: San Jose Mercury News, Calif., Silicon Valley Dispatches column.

By Mike Cassidy, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Oct. 26--AIRFIELD NAMED FOR 97-YEAR-OLD VISIONARY: Ernie Renzel isn't big on ceremony.

But there he was at San Jose City Hall with a sparkle in his eye as dignitaries praised him as a man with the kind of vision that made Silicon Valley what it is.

It was a good point. Everything that came along after Renzel -- the semiconductor, the personal computer, the Internet -- would have come along with much more difficulty without his contribution.

Renzel, who is 97, is the reason San Jose has an international airport. And for that fact, the San Jose City ...

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