Funny how things work out...National eventually bought Fairchild and TI eventually bought National...I retired from Texas Instruments at the end of 1994. (Actually, I went Galt and never looked back)
You missed the Schlumberger acquisition :-)
I left FSC for DEC and when they imploded I got out of direct involvement in the semi industry. Retired a few years ago. Probably before I should have but the timing was right and no regrets.