TektronixInc, back in the company's glory days (when they were a 25,000 employee company with fingers in all sorts of technology pies, rather than a 4000 employee company that only makes test equipment) ran an R&D lab with a number of departments, some that came and went.

Systems & Cybernetics Research

	* RobertChew
	* KevinFetterly
	* RichardKinnard
	* JohnProvidenza
	* WardCunningham
	* and others

Computer Research Laboratory

	* RickLefaivre
	* AllenWirfsBrock
	* RogerBates
	* ChipSchnarel
	* WardCunningham
	* KentBeck
	* AlaineWarfield
	* and lots more...

Software Productivity Technologies

	* KitBradley
	* AllenAndRebbeca
	* KimAndRoxie
	* WardCunningham
	* BrianWilkerson
	* SridharSridhar
	* JanSteinman
	* BarbaraYates
	* MarkBallard (AKA "The Last Tek Smalltalker" :-)
	* MikeMiller
	* WesHunter
	* and many more

The labs were also forever working on color printer technology.  That stuff seems to have paid off; though that division was sold to XeroxCorporation.

It is somewhat astounding that the percentage of TekLabs projects that actually turned into products was so high.  Here's a few:
* Flat-panel electroluminescent displays
* Color ink-jet printers
* SmallTalk machines
* Communications products

It is also somewhat sad to note that even with the large percentage of successes, TekLabs was unable to survive the R & D cutting period of the late 70's and 80's without major cutbacks.

FiscalPrudence or CorporateShortSightedness?  You be the judge...

TekLabs no longer exists.  Tek still does do quite a bit of pure research; but it is very focused on their current product line.