Origins of Six Sigma

Check out this previous post about the origins of six sigma: http://www.isixsigma.com/forum/showmessage.asp?messageID=197

I quote:
"The engineer who invented Six Sigma died of a heart attack in the Motorola cafeteria in 1993 never knowing the scope of the craze and controversy he had touched off. Bill Smith, a studious midlevel engineer who had never caught much attention, came up with the idea, although some consultants out there would just as well not mention who in fact was the father of Six Sigma..."

(I find the search engine on the forum to be better search of the forum than the one found in the upper right hand corner of the page.)