Clements Edward Pausa

October 18, 1930 - December 23, 2022

We are broken hearted to announce the death of our father, Clements Edward Pausa. He passed away peacefully with family by his side, at 92 years. Born October 18th, 1930 in South Gate, California. Son of Oscar and Kathleen Pausa. He leaves behind two sons, Geoffrey and Ronald Pausa along with two grandchildren, Zachary and Ashton Pausa.

Growing up in South Gate dad was into academics, music and custom cars. He graduated valedictorian from South Gate High School. Played the oboe for the Sheriff’s Boys Band as well as the Angeles All City High School band he was part of marching in two Rose Parades and was in several Hollywood movies, including one pro football game.

Dad’s desire after high school was getting into West Point however a dental issue prevented that so he pivoted to enrolling in the Air Force ROTC and the California National Guard while attending UCLA. Passing a state engineering exam he was accepted into University of California at Berkeley school of engineering. He joined the Delta Chi fraternity. It was working on a float for the Cal vs. Stanford “Big Game” that dad met his future wife, Janice Mary Hanson. They celebrated 54 years of marriage before she passed. He completed a B.S. Degree in Engineering and a Master’s of Science in Physical Metallurgy.

Having graduated from UC Berkeley he was immediately commissioned for two years in the Navy, serving on the USS Montrose and the USS Gull during the Korean conflict. He remained in the Navy Reserves for 20 years doing many special projects. He retired after 20 years in service as a Captain.

Having completed his commission he found work at US Steel in Pittsburg, California as a combustion engineer. A friend at the plant mentioned a job fair at a small startup company called Fairchild Semiconductor in Mountain View, California. He was hired in May of 1959. This turned out to be the start of a passionate and rewarding 35 year career. He joined another semiconductor company called National Semiconductor where he became an officer of the company. He was responsible many segments of the industry, culminating in overseeing 33 manufacturing plants across 18 countries and 11 plants in the US.

He retired from National Semiconductor in 1990 and used his experience to work as VP of two other companies, Power Integrations and Alphatec Group. He moved onto work as a Director at Cooper & Lybrand as a consultant. While at Price Waterhouse Cooper in 2004 he and a close friend created and published the “China Impact on the Semiconductor Industry” until 2017.

He would like to give his warmest to all his friends, colleagues and SIRS members for the love, laughter and support you showed him on his journey in life.