U fiirso qoraalka hoose ka dibna ka jawaab su'aasha kadib isla luqadda qoraalka:  Aabaha Holonyak wuxuu ka shaqeyn jiray macdanta dhuxusha. Holonyak wuxuu ahaa xubinkii ugu horreeyay ee qoyskiisa oo hela nooc kasta oo waxbarasho rasmi ah. wuxuu hal mar shaqeeyey 30 saacadood oo isku xigta Illinois Central Railroad ka hor inta uusan ogaanin in noloshiisa shaqo adag aysan aheyn waxa uu rabay uuna doorbidi lahaa in uu iskuul aado. Sida laga soo xigtay Knight Ridder, "Laser-ka yar-yar ee jaban ee la isku halleyn karo ee muhiimka u ah ciyaartoyda DVD-ga, akhristayaasha barcode iyo daraasiin qalab kale ah ayaa ku qasban jiritaankooda qaab yar oo ku saabsan culeyska shaqada ee ku saabsan shaqaalaha tareenka ee Downstate tobanaan sano ka hor. "Holonyak wuxuu ka qaatay shahaadada koowaad (1950), shahaadada labaad (1951), iyo shahaadada dhakhtarka (1954) ee injineernimada korantada ee Jaamacadda Illinois ee Urbana-Champaign. Holonyak wuxuu ahaa John Bardeen ardaygiisii ugu horreeyay ee Ph.D. Bardeen, oo ah cilmi-yaqaan cilmi-nafsiyeed, wuxuu ahaa hal-abuuraha transistor-ka oo ugu dambeyntii ku guuleystay abaalmarinta Nobel ee shaqadiisa iyo aragtida superconductivity. Sanadkii 1954 wuxuu aaday Bell Telephone Laboratories, halkaas oo uu ka shaqeeyay qalabka elektarooniga ah ee ku saleysan silikoon. Laga soo bilaabo 1955-1957 Holonyak wuxuu u adeegay Ciidanka Calanka Ciidanka Mareykanka. Laga soo bilaabo 1957-1963 wuxuu ahaa saynisyahan ka tirsan Shirkadda General Electric's Advanced Semiconductor Laboratory oo ku taal Syracuse, New York. Sanadkii 1963, wuxuu noqday borofisar ka tirsan Jaamacadda Illinois, halkaas oo uu ka fariistay konton sano ka dib sanadkii 2013.  Su'aal: Muxuu go'aansaday inuusan mar dambe ka shaqayn jidadka tareenka?
Noloshiisii shaqo ee adkaa ma ahayn waxa uu rabay