Triangle Fraternity
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Triangle Fraternity
Education

BSEE and MSEE, Purdue University

MBA, Stanford Graduate School of Business

Initiated Chapter

Purdue, 1969

Family

Wife: Nancy; Children: Lee, Cole, Skyler, and Paige

Experience

Before working to build Foundation Capital, Jim was one of the founding partners at Merrill, Pickard, Anderson & Eyre in 1980. Now, he’s able to look back on a career that has included early-stage investments in a host of companies that have grown to become some of the largest players in communications, computer systems, and software. Jim has further helped to nurture that growth by serving on the boards of Auspex Systems, 3Com, Bridge Communications, Network Computing Devices, Network Equipment Technology and Kalpana. The knowledge of operations that has informed his venture capital decisions was initially gained in Hewlett-Packard’s Computer Systems Group, where Jim held various marketing management positions.

In recent years, to serve interests beyond the realm of start-up enterprises, Jim has created Legacy Venture, which is an exciting new venture vehicle to encourage high-impact philanthropy.

Inducted

2001

Education

BS Electrical Engineering, Mississippi State University

MS Electrical Engineering, Air Force Institute of Technology

MS Engineering Management, University of Dayton

Initiated Chapter

Mississippi State, 1973

Family

Wife: Marcia; Children: Christopher and Patrick

Experience

Ted Bowlds possesses over 35 years of experience in aerospace research, development and engineering management, to include aircraft flight test and production for the US Air Force (USAF). Throughout his military career, Ted demonstrated assertiveness, intuition, and innovation—an achiever of exceptional rather than expected results.

Throughout his military career, General Bowlds has served in a variety of weapons system acquisition leadership positions to include flight test engineer on the F-117, director of avionics development for the B-2, program director of the C-17, and commander of the AF Research Laboratory. Additionally, Ted served in two Program Executive Officer positions, was the commander of the Electronic Systems Center and has served multiple tours on the Air Staff. In his last assignment, General Bowlds was responsible for the acquisition of the Air Force worldwide command and control network and upgrade of the IT infrastructure. Finally, General Bowlds attended numerous military leadership and management schools as well as the USAF Test Pilot School Flight Test Engineers Course.

Ted is currently an independent consultant assisting companies in strategic planning and contract proposal efforts and enjoys golfing, running, and woodworking in his free time.

Activities

Member, Mississippi State University Research and Technology Advisory Group

Member, Battelle’s Air Force Market Sector (AFMS) Senior Advisory Group

Member, Board of Trustees, Area Coalitions for Education – Excellence

Member, Board of Advisors, CSMI

Member, Stevens Institute of Technology, System Engineers Research Center Board

Member, Board of Advisors, Vaporstream

Member, Burdeshaw Associates

Member, The Spectrum Group

Executive Leadership Consultant, Leadership Foundry

Inducted

2013

Education

BS, University of Kentucky

MS, University of Kentucky

PhD Electrical Engineering, University of Michigan

Initiated Chapter

Kentucky, 1939

Experience

Dr. Boyd was the first member of his family to graduate from high school. His pursuit of education in the fields of science and technology resulted in him attaining Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees from the University of Kentucky. After receiving his doctorate in 1952, Dr. Boyd worked as a tenured Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Michigan and also as the Director of the Institute of Science and Technology at the University’s Willow Run Labs.

Dr. Boyd and his family moved from Ann Arbor to the Melbourne area in 1962 when he was recruited by Homer Denius and George Shaw, the founders of Radiation, Inc., to be the company’s Executive Vice President. In 1963, Dr. Boyd became President of Radiation, Inc. and he served in that capacity until the Merger of Radiation, Inc. into Harris-Intertype Corporation in 1967. Upon the completion of the merger, Dr. Boyd became Executive Vice President of Harris-Intertype.

In 1972, Dr. Boyd ascended to the position of President of Harris Corporation. In 1978, Dr. Boyd became Chief Executive Officer and Harris’ corporate headquarters were relocated to Melbourne. Dr. Boyd retired as a Harris corporate officer at the age of 65 but continued to serve as a member of its Board of Directors until the age of 72. Dr. Boyd also had a third career on a part-time basis for more than 10 years as an Executive Consultant with Fairchild Space and Defense Corporation in Germantown, Maryland.

Inducted

2021

Education

BS Mechanical Engineering, University of Nebraska

MS Mechanical Engineering, University of Nebraska

MBA, University of Georgia

Initiated Chapter

Nebraska, 1963

Family

Wife: Joell

Experience

Robert W. Brightfelt retired as a Group President of Dade Behring, Inc on December 31, 2002, after serving more than 36 years in the health care industry. Mr. Brightfelt was a founder and member of the board of directors of Dade Behring, Inc, a $1.8 billion global clinical diagnostics company which develops, manufactures, sells and services equipment and test reagents for over 30,000 major hospital laboratories throughout the world. At Dade Behring, he held positions of Executive Vice President and Group President, with P&L responsibility for the Chemistry & Immunochemistry product lines, and operational responsibility for the total Company’s R&D, Manufacturing, Product Management and Marketing functions worldwide. Dade Behring, Inc. was later purchased by Siemens AG.

Following his graduation from the University of Nebraska in 1967, Mr. Brightfelt served 4 years, as an officer & aeronautical engineer in the USAF and 29 years with the DuPont Company. During his time with DuPont, he held several executive positions in R&D, Manufacturing, Marketing, Strategic Planning and General Management. During the last 9 years with DuPont, Mr. Brightfelt headed DuPont’s Global Clinical Diagnostics Business.

Mr. Brightfelt is a graduate of Walter Mahler’s two-year executive general management program, and a graduate of executive management programs at Dartmouth University and the University of Virginia. He is a member of Beta Gamma Sigma, Sigma Xi, Sigma Tau, Pi Tau Sigma, Gamma Gamma, Phi Mu Epsilon and Phi Eta Sigma honor societies, past president of the University of Nebraska Chapter of Triangle Fraternity and is recognized in “Who’s Who Among Top Executives.”

Mr. Brightfelt has recently worked part-time as a consultant in the health care industry. He is a past board member of Dade Behring, Inc., Molecular Bio Systems Inc., the Health Industry Manufacture’s Association.

Activities & Honors

Member, Chicago Architecture Foundation Auxiliary Board, Chairman, Dean’s External Advisory Board, University of Nebraska College of Engineering, Chairman, Campaign for Nebraska, Trustee, University of Nebraska Foundation, Past Chairman, Junior Achievement of Delaware

Inducted

2017

Education

BS Biomedical Mechanical Engineering, Marquette University

Initiated Chapter

Marquette, 1993

Family

Wife: Amy; Children: Matthew, Zachary, Jack

Experience

Michael S. Butler is the president, CEO, and founder of Life Spine. Since the company’s inception in June 2003, Butler has turned Life Spine into one of the fastest-growing spine companies in the world, bringing to market multiple products. That success has enabled Life Spine to become a full-line spine company in just over three years’ time.

Today, Butler and Life Spine hold over a dozen patents, employ close to 100 staff, serve over 30 countries, and have strategic business units dealing with biologics, foot & ankle extremity fixation, and spinal fusion.

Butler’s innovations in the engineering process have reduced the time from product concept to FDA submission to just seven months’ time, while engineering time from product concept to prototype has been reduced to just five weeks’ time.

Butler’s business career spans over 25 years with expertise in product development, business development, and financial management. Butler has served in various management capacities at companies, such as Abbott Laboratories, Inter-Med, Richard Wolf Medical, Visionary Biomedical, Microbrush, and Eli Lilly. During that time, he has successfully brought more than 200 separate medical products to market.

Inducted

2023

Education

BS Electrical Engineering, Purdue University, 1961

MBA, University of Hawaii, 1968

PhD Business Administration, George Washington University, 1972

Initiated Chapter

Purdue, 1958

Family

Wife: Pallas; Children: Wendy and Alan

Experience

Graduated from Purdue University in 1961 with a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering. After completion of the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corp (R.O.T.C.), he was commissioned an Ensign in the U. S. Navy. Following active service, he served in various reserve assignments culminating in his selection to Rear Admiral in 1987. As a Rear Admiral, his last position was as Commander of the Second Naval Construction Brigade, responsible for all the Seabee operations in the Atlantic and Mediterranean regions.

A federal civil servant for 27 years, Mel served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy and as Deputy Director and Construction Manager for the New Production Reactor Program at the U.S. Department of Energy.

Admiral Chiogioji is currently president and CEO of MELE Associates, a consulting firm that provides engineering, environmental, management, telecommunication, information technology and training services to federal and private sector organizations. The firm is also actively involved in developing renewable energy projects throughout the world. He is a registered professional electrical engineer, a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, a life member of the Naval Reserve Association, a member of the National Society of Professional Engineers, and the Society of American Military Engineers.

Chiogioji is listed in “Who’s Who in America,” “Who’s Who in the World,” “Who’s Who in Technology,” “Who’s Who in Finance and Industry” and “American Men and Women of Science.” He had co-authored with Dr. Eleanor Oura a book entitled, “Residential and Commercial Building Energy Conservation,” and another book entitled, “Industrial Energy Conservation” – both published by Marcel Dekker, Incorporated.

Activities & Honors

Director, Triangle Education Foundation; Past Chairman, National Japanese American Memorial Foundation; Past Director, Japanese American National Museum; Past Director, Seabee Memorial Scholarship Association; Member, Purdue University ROTC Hall of Fame; Legion of Merit with gold star; Meritorious Service Medals with two gold stars; Navy Commendation Medal with gold star; Director, St. Louis School Board

Inducted

2012

Education

BS Mining Engineering, Penn State University

Initiated Chapter

Penn State, 1934

Family

Wife: Margaret (Ann); Children: Margaret, Mary Katherine

Experience

Jesse Core was a Distinguished Member of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (SME) and an honorary member, Legion of Honor Member and Erskine Ramsay Medal recipient of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers (AIME). He was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 1981.

While still in college at Penn State, Core began work as a coal miner with Hillman Coal and Coke Company. In 1938 he joined Pittsburgh Coal Company as an engineer, rising through the ranks of a chief mining engineer and divisional engineer. He joined Buckeye Coal Company in 1947 as chief engineer of coal mines and later served as chief engineer for Island Creek Coal Company in Holden, West Virginia. In 1951 he joined the Frick District of United States Steel Corporation as a district mining engineer, advancing to chief engineer and general superintendent of the Frick District. In 1958 he was named vice president in charge of coal operations for U.S. Steel Corporation, including operations in Alabama, Colorado, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Utah and West Virginia.

He retired in 1976 and became an adjunct professor of mining engineering at Penn State. His citations for both honorary membership in AIME and for the Erskine Ramsay Medal emphasized two major hallmarks for his career: promoting mine safety and assisting younger engineers to develop their full potential. Under his leadership, U.S. Steel developed a well-respected, comprehensive coal mine safety program. The lead article in the Wall Street Journal for January 19, 1973, cited U.S. Steel and Core for establishing the best safety record in underground coal mines. Core continually stressed that a safe mine was also a very productive mine. He was also known to be a strong mentor and an excellent role model for young professionals. This was manifested not only at the corporate level but also by his service as an active member of the Old Timer’s Club, which gives yearly awards to outstanding seniors in mining engineering at many of the country’s leading universities. His assistance as an adjunct professor at Penn State is another example of his desire to help younger engineers.

He was active in many professional societies and groups, including the SME Coal Division of the American Mining Congress and was a past president of the Coal Mining Institute of American and of the Mine Inspectors Institute of America. He was co-founder and first chairman of the Keystone Bituminous Coal Association, a member of the National Mine Rescue Association, the American Iron and Steel Institute, and the Rocky Mountain Coal Mining Institute. He was a registered first-grade coal mine foreman. Core was the king engineer who was interested in many phases of engineering. This interest quickly translated into a love of railroads and railroading and the history of coal mining, geology, and Native American art. Core donated his collections of minerals and paintings of mining scenes to the Penn State’s Earth and Mineral Sciences Museum.

Core was active in the Boy Scouts of America, chairman of the Catholic Committee for Scouting for the Diocese of Pittsburgh and received the Silver Beaver and the St. George Awards for his service to Scouting. He was appointed to President Carter’s Commission on Coal at Penn State.

Inducted

2018

Education

BS Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University

MS Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University

Initiated Chapter

Purdue, 1927

Family

Wife: Stella; Children: Ann & Janice

Experience

Norris “Buck” Crump was a railway executive born into a railway family. Crump began with the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) as a laborer in 1920. He finished high school in night classes and took a leave of absence in 1926 to earn a railway mechanical-engineering degree at Indiana’s Purdue University. He graduated in 1929 and in 1936 received a master’s degree.

Crump was hired back as a night foreman and advanced through various jobs until his combination of hard-rock experience, engineering skill and business talent paid off with the top vice-presidency in 1949.

Crump was especially interested in the new diesel electric engines, and it was becoming clear that the railway would have to confront “dieselization.” Crump was promoted through the CPR’s engineering departments and, as a senior executive, was responsible for the transcontinental flagship train, the Canadian.

He became president in 1955 and chairman in 1961. Under Crump, Canadian ownership of company stock rose from 15% in 1955 to 55% in 1965 and 63% in 1972. In 1962 Crump diversified the company by forming Canadian Pacific Investments to handle non-transport investments. He retired as president in 1964 and as chairman in 1972.

In 1971 he became a Companion of the Order of Canada. During his life he received 7 honorary degrees and was director of numerous companies and charitable foundations. He was a governor of the Canadian Association for Latin America and a life governor of the Montreal General Hospital. Crump died on December 26, 1989, at age 85 and was survived by his wife, two daughters, and seven grandchildren.

Inducted

2022

Education

BS Electrical Engineering, Northwestern University, 1962

JS, Loyola University School of Law, 1970

Initiated Chapter

Northwestern, 1959

Family

Wife: Barbara

Experience

In 1981, Eugene Cummings founded Eugene M. Cummings, P.C., a Chicago-based law firm engaged in the practice of intellectual property law.

Cummings was first employed in the broadcast industry as a transmitter and station engineer at a commercial 5KW AM broadcast station while in high school, and as Chief Engineer of a commercial AM broadcast station while studying electrical engineering at Northwestern. His first involvement in aviation also began at that time, when he obtained his commercial pilot license.

Following graduation, Cummings was employed by Zenith Radio Corporation first as a color television design engineer, then as a registered Patent Agent while attending Law School. Following graduation, he accepted employment with United Airlines, where he served as a co-pilot on the Boeing 727 until he was furloughed two years later as a result of a downturn in airline flying. It would not be until eight years later that he would return to United, eventually becoming a Captain on the Boeing 727, while at the same time practicing patent law.

In 1973, Cummings left Zenith to join a Chicago-based patent law firm, becoming a partner in that firm three years later. It was during this time that he founded Telesonics Systems, Inc., for the purpose of developing a system for broadcasting stereo sound along with U.S. standard color television broadcasts. After extensive testing, the Telesonics system was selected over competing systems as the national standard, and, after extensive litigation, was licensed to the consumer electronics industry. Following this success, Cummings undertook a number of other contingent-fee licensing projects, including licensing DVD technology to the consumer electronics industry.

More recently, Cummings founded Automark Technical Systems, Inc., for the purpose of developing a voting machine having touch-screen and audio user interfaces to enable a blind or otherwise disabled voter to mark a pre-printed paper ballot. Over 50,000 Automark terminals were manufactured and sold to election jurisdictions in 37 states.

Eugene Cummings has twelve U.S. Patents issued in his name.

Activities & Honors

Trustee, John G. Shedd Aquarium; Member, Board of Visitors – Duke Law School; Director, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.

Inducted

2011

Education

BS Chemical Engineering, Purdue University

MBA, UCLA

JD Patent Law, George Washington University

Initiated Chapter

Purdue, 1961

Family

Wife: Janice; Children: Elizabeth, Emilie, John

Experience

Bob was born and raised on a farm in upstate New York. After graduating from Purdue in 1964 he began his career as a patent examiner in the US Patent office. While working there he obtained a law degree from The George Washington University.

In 1972 he joined TRW as a patent attorney, then corporate attorney, then Vice President managing a group of companies. In 1979 Bob joined the Parsons Corporation as Senior Vice President with the task of diversifying the company. He acquired numerous engineering companies and became next in line to be Parsons CEO.

In the meantime, Bob and his family had started a small educational and entertainment software company, and in 1989 Bob left Parsons to focus on that start up. In 1993 the company, Davidson & Associates, went public and it was sold in 1998. Some may recall a few of its products, such as Math Blaster and World of Warcraft.

In retirement, Bob created a foundation to support the nation’s profoundly gifted children. Among its programs are the Davidson Academy located on the campus of the University of Nevada in Reno, as well as the Davidson Fellows Scholarship program, which has been named among the most prestigious scholarships in the world.

Bob has served on several corporate boards as well as the boards of The George Washington University and Pepperdine University. He was also appointed as Regent of the Nevada System of Higher Education.

Inducted

2019

Education

BS Electrical Engineering, Iowa State University, 1968

MBA University of Minnesota, 1971

Initiated Chapter

Iowa State, 1965

Family

Wife: Sandra; Children: Christopher & Justin

Experience

Lynn Davis is currently President and Chief Operating Officer for August Technology, a leading supplier of inspection equipment to the semiconductor fabrication industry. Previously, Lynn served as a founding partner of Tate Capital Partners, a private equity firm in Minneapolis.

From 1973 to 2001 Davis was employed by ADC Telecommunications, a leading manufacturer of hardware, software and services to broadband communications providers worldwide, retiring in 2001 as President and Chief Operating Officer Lynn’s 28-year career with ADC spanned a range of executive positions, including president and general manager of the Broadband Connectivity business unit, which during his 8 years of leadership grew revenues at a compounded 40% annual rate while increasing operating profits an average of 55%, resulting in the delivery of more than 100% of ADC’s operating profits. Previously, Lynn was senior vice president of operations, vice president of manufacturing, and general manager of the electronics business unit; he also headed the company’s sales and marketing activities. During his tenure at ADC, he directed an acquisition campaign that successfully integrated seven companies into the organization, aligning new technologies with existing businesses to enhance ADC’s position in the marketplace.

Prior to ADC, Lynn served in engineering and in-house consulting roles for Honeywell. In addition, he has served as an adjunct professor in the MBA program at the University of St. Thomas.

As a student at Iowa State, Lynn was editor of Iowa Engineer and a member of the Engineering Council. He served on the central committee for Engineers Week, and he was active in the Student Union Board, Intramurals, and Knights of St. Patrick.

Activities & Honors

Director, August Technology; Director, Flexsteel Industries, Inc.; Chairman of the Board, Infrared Solutions, Inc.; Director, Parlex Corporation; Member, Iowa State University Engineering Advisory Council. Iowa State University Cardinal Key Leadership Award.

Inducted

2005

Education

BS Electrical Engineering, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, 1968

MS Electrical Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, 1970

Initiated Chapter

Rose Tech, 1967

Family

Wife: Nancy

Experience

Following graduation from Rose, Flannigan joined Bell Laboratories, where he worked on advanced fault tolerant systems and software for fault isolation and recovery in electronic switching systems including (0+) operator-assisted systems and large long distance electronic switching systems.

In 1971, Flannigan joined Texas Instruments as a Senior Member of Technical Staff. He was heavily involved with the early work in the use of early microprocessor technology to replace large combinational logic circuits with firmware-based control systems. This resulted in several patents on highly portable lightweight thermal printing data terminals, impact printers and bubble memory based data systems.

In 1982, he joined with a small team who left TI to found Compaq Computer Corporation, which developed the first truly compatible PC to the IBM PC. Flannigan was responsible for developing the compatibility software strategy, creating the first compatible BIOS, operating system (MS-DOS) and BASIC software, establishing partnerships with all the leading PC software developers at the time to create and support software on both the IBM PC and the Compaq PC. This strategy allowed Compaq to become the fastest growing company at that time and achieve $1B in sales faster than any company before. He helped develop the first Industry Standard Server, the Compaq SystemPro. Steve also was responsible for the worldwide alliance between Compaq and Microsoft, who grew up together in the PC industry and maintained close ties throughout the PC revolution.

When Hewlett-Packard acquired Compaq, Flannigan worked through the integration of the companies with the core integration team. He was also responsible for the overall alliance between Hewlett-Packard with Microsoft on a global basis until his retirement in 2005.

Inducted

2008

Education

BS Civil Engineering, Purdue University

Initiated Chapter

Purdue, 1958

Family

Wife: Judy; Children: Alicia, Steven, Michael & Lori

Experience

Mr. Garatoni is a graduate of Purdue University (BSCE 1961) and completed the Owners/President Program of the Harvard Business School. Larry served in the Army Reserve attaining the rank of Captain. He and his wife Judy have four children and 13 grandchildren.

In 1966 Larry and a partner built and operated one long-term care facility. He later bought the partner’s interests. Larry continued building healthcare related facilities and companies and up to 1994, Larry founded and operated several companies under the Health Quest Group name. These businesses included the Health Quest Corporation, Health Quest Development Corporation, Achievement Rehab Corporation, Long Term Care Pharmaceutical Services Corporation, and Health Quest Infusion Therapy Corporation. In 1994 he made a strategic decision to sell all of these companies.

From 1994 – 2007, Larry started or acquired and served as the CEO of three software and internet sales companies: Achieve Healthcare Technology, FurnitureFind.com, and Winesource.com. All of these business interests were sold in 2007.

In 2007 Larry founded HQ Investments, which is a family office. HQ Investments manages various publicly traded and private investments. Personally, and through the Garatoni-Smith Family Foundation, he and his wife Judy founded the Career Academy and the Success Academy charter schools with an enrollment of 1150 students. He also cofounded Magnet Investors, a local angel investment group.

Activities & Honors

President, Career Academy, President, St. Joe CEO Program, President, South Bend-Elkhart Entrepreneurship Board, Trustee, Ivy Tech State Board of Trustees, Director, Triangle Education Foundation, Director, Elevate Ventures

Inducted

2016

Education

BS Mechanical Engineering, Kansas State University

Initiated Chapter

Kansas State, 1964

Family

Wife: Sherri; Children: Jenny, Val, Rob, Meri, and Beckie

Experience

Governor Jim Geringer is a native of Wyoming, reared on the family farm near Wheatland. At Kansas State University he was involved in several activities and served as Student Body President. He was then commissioned as an officer in the United States Air Force through the Air Force ROTC program. During his time on active duty, he worked as project officer on space programs integrating space boosters and satellites for both the Air Force and NASA.

From 1983 to 1994, Geringer served in the Wyoming Legislature, including six years each in the House and the Senate. During that time, his full-time jobs included work as a contract administrator for the construction of a large coal-fired power plant and agriculture production. The Geringers built their farming operation starting from scratch – the old-fashioned way.

Jim was elected as Wyoming’s 30th governor in 1994 and completed his second term in January 2003. During his time in office Geringer implemented strategic planning tied to performance-based budgeting and when he left office, provided the Wyoming state government with a budget surplus.

Geringer’s advocacy for technology in government has centered on the end result of using technology to enhance citizen services, emphasizing the benefits of integrated service delivery and enterprise-wide solutions. That advocacy has led Jim to join in a full-time capacity with Environmental Systems Research Institute, the top provider of geographic information systems software. Governor Geringer and his wife Sherri base their consulting business, The Geringer Group, at their farm in Wheatland, Wyoming.

Activities & Honors

Charter Trustee, Western Governors University; Member, National Commission on Mathematics & Science Teaching; Member, National Commission on Service-Learning; Member, National Commission on Teaching & America’s Future; Presidential Appointee, Western Interstate Nuclear Board; Director, GeoSpatial One Stop; Member, Mapping Sciences Committee of the National Academy of Sciences

Associations

Chair, National Governors Association Technology Task Force; Past Chair, Education Commission of the States; Past Chair, Western Governors’ Association; Past Chair of the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission. Rotary, Lions, Lutheran Church.

Inducted

2002

Education

BS Electrical Engineering & Engineering Physics, The Ohio State University

MS Physics, Purdue University

PhD Biomedical Engineering, The Ohio State University

Initiated Chapter

Ohio State, 1983

Family

Wife: Linda; Children: Alex, Eric, Ellen

Experience

Professor Kevin Granata was a man with a sharp intellect who answered a call to serve the cause of scholarship and higher education. He died protecting students after he shepherded them into his office in order to safeguard them, and after he went to investigate and intervene.

Kevin was born and raised in Toledo, Ohio and received undergraduate degrees from Ohio State University in electrical engineering and physics. He later earned a Master’s degree in physics from Purdue University. Thereafter, he worked in the Applied Physics Laboratory in Maryland. He received his doctoral degree in biomedical engineering from Ohio State University and then worked in the Department of Orthopedics at the University of Virginia, where he was the director of the Gait Laboratory.

Professor Granata was recruited to ESM to continue his teaching and research interests. He had numerous publications and research grants and lectured both nationally and internationally. He distinguished himself by making many outstanding scholarly contributions. In particular, he developed innovative methods to quantify low back stability that are considered cutting edge by other leaders in the field. He served as mentor for numerous students and junior professors. When Dr. Granata was promoted to the rank of professor, one of these professors conveyed, “Countless times he has provided me with valuable guidance on research-related matters such as student advising, experimental issues, and manuscript preparation.”

Leaders in the field of biomechanics called him “among the top five biomechanics researchers in the country working on movement dynamics in cerebral palsy”, as being “nationally recognized for his research”, “as an internationally outstanding scholar and educator”, as “often finding themselves quoting from Dr. Granata’s papers”.

Kevin’s greatest passion and pride was his family, especially his wife and children. He was also an athlete. He rowed crew at Purdue, participated in biathlons and triathlons and was an avid runner and cyclist, as well as an avid sailor. He loved coaching his sons’ Lacrosse teams.

Activities & Honors

2002 Outstanding Research Manuscript: Kenneth L. Knight Award, 2005 Virginia Tech College of Engineering Faculty Fellow Dean’s Award, 2005 Virginia Tech Scholar of the Week, 2006 Virginia Tech Dean’s Award for Excellence in Research, Member, Gait & Clinical Movement Analysis Society, Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Member, American Society of Biomechanics, Member, Human Factor and Ergonomics Society

Associations

Chair, National Governors Association Technology Task Force; Past Chair, Education Commission of the States; Past Chair, Western Governors’ Association; Past Chair of the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission. Rotary, Lions, Lutheran Church.

Inducted

2017

Education

BS Ceramic Engineering, University of Illinois, 1945

MBA, University of Chicago, 1958

BS Electrical Engineering, Penn State University, 1968

Initiated Chapter

Illinois, 1943

Family

Wife: Marie Bednar

Experience

Don Hamer is a strong advocate of education. He was the first in his family to earn a college education, entering the University of Illinois at the age of 16. He earned his B.S. in Ceramic Engineering in 1945. After graduation, Don served in the Navy at the end of World War II and again during the Korean Conflict. He worked as an engineer in the ceramics industry in Chicago in the late 1950’s. During this time, his interest grew in the area of financial management, sales, and customer service, and he earned an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago in 1958.

Don used his knowledge of ceramics gained at Illinois throughout his career. In 1963, he was employed by Erie Technological Products (now Murata Electronics) in State College, Pennsylvania, first as Chief Engineer of Erie’s Ceramic Manufacturing Division, then as Corporate Research Director. While working for Erie, he studied for and received a BS Degree at Penn State University.

In 1969, he started his own business, State of the Art, Inc., which has evolved into a leading manufacturer of high-reliability resistors in the microelectronics market, currently with 110 employees and sales in the $10-15 million range.

Activities & Honors

Board Member & Past President, Clear-Water Conservancy; Past Chairman, Palmer Museum of Art Board of Advisors; Senior Advisory Committee, U. of Illinois Materials Science & Engineering Dept.; President’s Advisory Council, Penn State University; Advisory Board, U. of Chicago Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship; American Ceramic Society President’s Council of Industrial Advisors; Microcircuit Society Educational Foundation, Past Trustee & Chairman. Fellow, American Ceramic Society; Distinguished Alumnus, Penn State University; Distinguished Alumnus in Engineering, University of Illinois; Daniel Hughes Award, International Society for Hybrid Microelectronics; Teddy Roosevelt Conservation Award, The White House; Renaissance Man of the Year, Penn State University.

Inducted

2005

Education

BS Civil Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Initiated Chapter

Wisconsin, 1960

Family

Wife: June; Children: John, Deborah

Experience

In a career spanning almost 33 years, Lyle G. Hassebroek has been instrumental in developing newer and better systems for wastewater treatment and hazardous waste disposal.

A 1963 graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison in civil engineering, Hassebroek joined CH2M HILL, Inc., a small consulting engineering firm in Corvallis, Oregon, the same year. Hassebroek joined CH2M HILL’s Seattle office in 1965, and moved into positions of increasing responsibility, becoming regional manager of that office in 1978.

While in Seattle, Hassebroek organized CH2M HILL’s first environmental sciences work, including its first water quality laboratory. He also helped develop improved waste treatment systems for several Washington cities and developed water quality studies for area watersheds.

In the mid 1970s, Hassebroek returned temporarily to his home state of Wisconsin to direct a wastewater treatment and sludge utilization program for the Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District. This program, which uses sludge as fertilizer for local farmers, has served as a model for cities and utilities across the nation.

Hassebroek was promoted to CH2M HILL’s Northwest District Manager in 1980 and Eastern District Manager in 1983, the latter appointment taking him to Atlanta, Georgia, where he was responsible for company operations in 22 states. He became active in CH2M HILL’s hazardous waste services which have included projects involving the EPA Superfund Program and the DOE Environmental Restoration Program.

In 1990, after 27 years with the company, Hassebroek became president of CH2M HILL, Inc., headquartered in Denver. As president, he was responsible for the overall operations of a consulting engineering firm with more than 4,000 employees in over 50 locations throughout the U.S. Lyle retired in 1996 following a long and extremely productive career.

The scrapbook created by coworkers emphasized his mentoring, giving encouragement and guidance with a genuine interest in each individual. One of the firm leaders said, “a person can learn skills for being a top-notch engineer but leadership must be learned as well as earned and implemented with the heart.” This was Lyle’s strength.

Before and after retirement, Lyle welcomed continued connection to the University of Wisconsin and was honored for his work on “Institute for Environmental Studies-Board of Visitors 1995–2000.” Also, the College of Engineering presented an award to him as a member of “VISION 2000 Committee.”

Inducted

2018

Education

BS Ceramic Engineering, The Ohio State University, 1961

PhD Ceramic Engineering, The Ohio State University, 1964

Initiated Chapter

Ohio State, 1957

Family

Wife: June, Children- John, Deborah

Experience

Dr. Hench’s ceramics research was focused initially on structural ceramics for radiation and nuclear waste applications. These early experiments were the foundation of the subfield of bioactive materials and led to the coining of the term bioactive glass.

After serving 32 years on the faculty of the University of Florida, he “retired” as emeritus professor and in 1996 joined Imperial College London as chair of its Ceramic Materials Department. At Imperial College, his contributions to the fields of science, engineering, and medicine flourished and expanded, as he co-founded, with Julia Polak, the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Centre, and was its co-director. In 2008 he established, through the London Materials Society, the annual June Wilson Memorial Award to commemorate his late wife’s achievements in the field of biomedical materials research. In 2011 Imperial College London established the Larry Hench Award for best Ph.D. in Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering.

Larry returned to the United States after a decade at Imperial College. He was invited to assist in the development of the new Biomedical Engineering Department at the Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne. He helped to establish a thriving new research center that performs innovative research on bioactive materials and biophotonics. In the 1980s he also served on national and international committees overseeing critical research on the problem of nuclear waste storage. His pioneering work in sponge fixation of nuclear wastes in glasses remains relevant today.

At the time of his death, Larry was the University Professor of Biomedical Engineering in the Florida Institute of Technology’s College of Engineering and director of the Technology Center for Medical Materials and Photonics.

Larry published over 800 research papers and 30 books, including several textbooks with his wife June Wilson (e.g., An Introduction to Bioceramics, World Scientific Press, 1993; Bioceramics, Pergamon Press, 1995; Clinical Performance of Skeletal Prostheses, Springer, 1996). He gave expression to more wide-ranging thoughts in Science, Faith, and Ethics (Imperial College Press, 2001), in which he explored the costs of an increasing reliance on and faith in science and technology to extend health and life. His last book, A Biography of Bioglass, came out in 2015 (Imperial College Press). He is also credited with 32 US patents.

Renowned for his influence in science and engineering, he was also a writer, philosopher, poet, admirer of fine art, first-rate chef, and talented raconteur. One of his gifts was his ability to relate science to general audiences. His exceptional capacity to convey science in a funny yet highly educational manner is best embodied by the series of children’s books he authored, featuring Boing-Boing the Bionic Cat.

Inducted

2020

Education

BS Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, University of Illinois, 1970

MS Engineering, California State University, Long Beach

Initiated Chapter

Illinois, 1967

Experience

Preston A. (Pres) Henne began his aerospace career in 1969 at McDonnell Douglas, where he managed several advanced programs in aerodynamics and acoustics for both military and commercial aircraft. Known for his work in advanced aerodynamic technology, he was responsible for the aerodynamic design of the wing on the C-17. Considered the most versatile aircraft in airlift history, the design was recognized with the 1994 Collier Trophy for aeronautical achievement. Henne later served as the chief design engineer for the MD-80 aircraft. In 1991, he became Vice President and General Manager of the MD-90 program at McDonnell Douglas’ Long Beach Douglas Aircraft facility, where he oversaw the aircraft’s complete development and certification process.

Joining Gulfstream in 1994, Henne is credited with the design, development, test, and certification of the Gulfstream V aircraft, which was awarded the 1997 Collier Trophy. Henne became a Vice President of General Dynamics in July 1999 when the company acquired Gulfstream. As Senior VP of Programs, Engineering, and Test, he was responsible for Gulfstream’s product program management, engineering, flight operations, and advanced design and technology development. His organization led the development of the Gulfstream G550, recognized with the Collier Trophy in 2003, the Gulfstream G450, the Gulfstream G150, the Gulfstream G280, and the new flagship, ultra-long-range Gulfstream G650/G650ER. The G650ER has over 6400nm range capability at 0.9 Mach number, an aeronautical feat never achieved before. The G650/G650ER was recognized with the 2014 Collier Trophy.

Henne retired from Gulfstream and formed HAWCWAE, LLC, a consulting company specializing in Program Management, Engineering, and Manufacturing. He currently consults for several aeronautical establishments.

He was a member of the Embry Riddle Aeronautical University Engineering Advisory Board, the University of Illinois College of Engineering Advisory Board, and the Georgia Tech Research Corporation Board of Trustees. He is a Fellow of the American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), and a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society (RAS). He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2003. In 2014 he was elected to the Board of Directors for the Hilton Head Island Concours D’Elegance.

In 2013 he was recognized by Flight Global magazine with its “Lifetime Achievement Award.”He was recognized in 2017 by the National Business Aviation Association with The John P. “Jack” Doswell Award for “Lifelong Individual Achievement on Behalf of and in Support of the Aims, Goals, and Objectives of Business Aviation.”

Inducted

2021

Education

Architectural Engineering, University of Illinois

Initiated Chapter

Illinois, 1916

Family

Wife: Lydia

Experience

At the beginning of World War II, Hodge was part of the staff of VII Corps. Being appointed Brigadier General, he started his combat career as part of the staff of General Joseph Lawton Collins in the Guadalcanal campaign. He then participated in the Bougainville campaign in 1943-1944. He was promoted to Major General during the Philippines Campaign in 1944. In 1945 he served on Okinawa, and he was promoted to Lieutenant General in August, becoming the commander of the XXIV Corps of the US Tenth Army. He commanded one-half of the troops in the attack on Okinawa.

From 1945 to 1948, Hodge was the military governor of South Korea under the United States Army Military Government in Korea (USAMGIK). He took his corps to Korea under orders of General MacArthur, landing at Incheon on September 9, 1945. He was the commanding officer receiving the surrender of all Japanese forces in Korea south of the 38th parallel.

Hodge then returned to Fort Bragg, North Carolina from 1948 to 1950. After the outbreak of the Korean War in 1950, he was named the Commanding General of the US Third Army, based in the United States of America, and not in Korea.

Hodge received a promotion to General on July 5, 1952, and his final assignment before retiring was as Chief, Army Field Services, 1952-1953. General Hodge retired from military service in June 1953 and died in Washington, DC in 1963.

Hodge was the banquet speaker at the 1951 Triangle National Convention in Columbus, Ohio, and was elected a National Honorary member in 1950. General Hodge’s theme in his banquet address was “Our Team for National Security.”

His medals include the Legion of Merit for outstanding service as assistant commander of the 52nd Infantry Division in combat in Guadalcanal, the Distinguished Service Medal, The Purple Heart, The Silver Star for gallantry in command of the American Division fighting in Bougainville, an Oak Leaf Cluster to the DSM for organizing the 24th Corps, a second cluster for exceptionally meritorious service as commanding general of the 24th Corps in the Okinawa invasion, and the Air Medal.

At the University of Illinois, he was Triangle editor, chapter president, and Founders Day toastmaster until 1917 when he joined the ranks of many other students leaving school to serve in the infantry.

Inducted

2011

Education

BS Mechanical Engineering, University of Toledo

MS Mechanical Engineering, University of Toledo

PhD Engineering Science, University of Toledo

Initiated Chapter

Toledo, 1974

Family

Wife: Lynn; Children: Jerrold & Jamie

Experience

Dr. Gerald S. Jakubowski had a distinguished career in higher education administration, as well as engineering education. He served as President of Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Indiana; Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at The California Maritime Academy in Vallejo, California; Vice President of Arizona State University (ASU) in Tempe, Arizona and as Provost of ASU’s Polytechnic campus in Mesa, Arizona; and Dean of the College of Science and Engineering and Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California. Dr. Jakubowski started his mechanical engineering teaching career at the University of South Alabama. He subsequently held positions at the University of Toledo and the University of Memphis where he had risen through the academic and administrative ranks. He held positions as Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Engineering at the University of Toledo and as Associate Dean of Engineering Graduate Studies and Interim Dean of Engineering at the University of Memphis.

In addition to his work in higher education, Dr. Jakubowski has been active in several professional organizations including the Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE). He held numerous positions in these societies at the national and regional levels. He served on the EAC for ten years and served on its Executive Committee for seven years including Chair of the Commission. He also served as a mechanical engineering program evaluator for the EAC of ABET. He is a Past National President of ASEE and served on its Boards of Directors for a total of seven years. He served on the Board of Trustees of the SAE Education Foundation, on the Board of Directors of the Triangle Fraternity Education Foundation, on the Board of Directors of SAE, on the Council on Education for ASME, and on the Board of Directors of the Institute for the Advancement of Engineering (IAE). He served on the National Council of Triangle Fraternity, including two terms as National President. He is a Past President of IAE and a Past President of the IAE College of Fellows.

Activities & Honors

Triangle Fraternity Service Key Award, The University of Toledo’s “Gold ‘T’ Alumnus Award” (UT’s highest award, only one given annually), The University of Toledo College of Engineering Distinguished Alumnus Award, National President of the American Society for Engineering Education, Chair of Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, SAE Excellence in Engineering Education Award & Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award, Fellow Member of: ASME, ASEE and Institute for the Advancement of Engineering

Inducted

2016

Education

BS, General Engineering, University of Illinois

JD, Law, University of Illinois

Initiated Chapter

Illinois, 1984

Family

Wife: Denise; Children: Richard, Nicola

Experience

Lawrence (Larry) Kaplan is former Chief Executive Officer of Impossible Objects, Eudora Global, and NAVTEQ. Impossible Objects is a 3D printing company with a unique technology for printing carbon fiber parts. Kaplan helped build the company from “two guys in a lab” to an award-winning, revenue-producing operating company with customers including Ford Motor Company and the U.S. Air Force.

Eudora Global is a uniquely organized business creation and investment firm focused on accelerating the development of high potential enterprises. At Eudora, Kaplan helped to form Citizens Rx, a pharmacy benefits management firm that has grown to be a multi-hundred-million-dollar company.

Prior to Eudora Global, Kaplan spent 16 years at NAVTEQ, now called HERE Technologies. NAVTEQ is the leading provider of digital maps and real-time traffic that enable navigation and location-based services around the world. As of the time of his departure from the company at the end of 2011, NAVTEQ had more than $1 billion in revenue and 5,000+ employees located in 50 countries. While at NAVTEQ, Kaplan was part of the management team that took the company public in 2004 and then sold the company to Nokia in 2008 for $8.1 billion.

Kaplan was previously Executive Vice President, General Counsel of NAVTEQ. Kaplan initially joined NAVTEQ as Chief Intellectual Property Counsel. Prior to joining NAVTEQ, Kaplan was an attorney at Brinks Gilson & Lione in Chicago practicing intellectual property law with a special emphasis on patent litigation. Kaplan also served as law clerk to Honorable S. Jay Plager of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, in Washington, D.C.

Kaplan is a named inventor on dozens of patents. He is an active mentor, strategic advisor and advisory board member of startup companies and their founders and CEOs. His current and past roles include companies such as SpotHero, Music Dealers, Cristaux International, Blue Apple Health, Blue Water Satellite, PostProcess Technologies and Autobon. He is also a strategic advisor to OCA Ventures, a leading Midwest venture capital firm, and a CEO Mentor at Junto Institute for Entrepreneurial Leadership. Kaplan also served for 10 years on the Board of Friends of the Chicago River, a nonprofit organization whose mission is making the Chicago River one of the world’s greatest metropolitan rivers.

Inducted

2019

Education

AB Computer Science and Math, Cornell University

MS Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley

PhD Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley

Initiated Chapter

Cornell, 1974

Experience

Dr. Randy Katz currently serves as the Vice-Chancellor for Research at the University of California, Berkeley, and is a Professor in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at UC Berkeley. Dr. Katz joined the staff at UC Berkeley in 1983.

Dr. Katz is well known in the computer industry for his development of RAID computer storage systems in the 1980s with colleagues at UC Berkeley. Short for Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive Disks, RAID storage today is a multibillion-dollar business that allows for storing data in multiple places across an array of many small, parallel computers for quick retrieval and protection against loss or corruption of the data.

He has published over 250 referred technical papers, book chapters, and books. His textbook, Contemporary Logic Design, has sold over 85,000 copies and has been used at over 200 colleges and universities. A second edition, co-written with Gaetano Borriello, was published in 2005.

His recognitions include thirteen best paper awards (including one “test of time” paper award and one selected for a fifty year retrospective on IEEE Communications publications), three best presentation awards, the Outstanding Alumni Award of the UCB Computer Science Division, the CRA Outstanding Service Award, the UC Berkeley Distinguished Teaching Award, the Air Force Exceptional Civilian Service Decoration, the IEEE Reynolds Johnson Information Storage Award, the ASEE Frederic E. Terman Award, the ACM Karl V. Karlstrom Outstanding Educator Award, and named the United Microelectronic Corporation Distinguished Professor in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Dr. Katz has also been inducted into the Silicon Valley Engineering Hall of Fame.

While on leave for government service in 1993-1994, Dr. Katz served as the Deputy Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Computer Systems and Technology Office, during which time he worked to bring the executive branch into the internet age. Katz established whitehouse.gov and connected the White House to the internet including email set-up for President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore.

Inducted

2020

Education

BS Engineering, Purdue University

MS Engineering, University of Pennsylvania

Initiated Chapter

Purdue, 1963

Family

Wife: Rachel

Experience

Kelble recently retired as the corporate vice president and president of Space and Airborne Systems, the largest business unit of Raytheon Company, a major supplier of defense and aerospace systems and commercial electronics technologies. He was responsible for 13,000 employees and sales of more than $4 billion annually for the California-based company.

Kelble joined Raytheon in 1979 as director of Data Acquisition Systems and quickly rose through the ranks, leading numerous divisions, departments, areas, programs, businesses and companies within the corporation and gaining experience in systems engineering, program and engineering management and business unit leadership. Throughout his career, he has championed causes critical to maintaining effective communications between employees and management. In 2005, Kelble received Raytheon’s Executive of the Year Award.

He has also served on the board of directors of the Los Angeles Boy Scout Council and received the 2005 Tom Harmon Memorial Award for outstanding service from the Boy Scouts of America.

Kelble assists his alma mater on the campaign steering committee for the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Previously, he received the Purdue Outstanding Electrical and Computer Engineering Award in 2000 and was named a Purdue Distinguished Engineering Alumnus in 2003.

Inducted

2008

Education

BS Mining, University of Missouri-Rolla

Initiated Chapter

Missouri Mines, 1980

Family

Wife: Kathleen; Children: Vanessa & Ann Marie

Experience

Paul Lang is Senior Vice President of Operations for Arch Coal, Inc., where he is responsible for the safety, environmental compliance and financial performance of all of Arch Coal’s mining operations including 45 surface and underground mining operations and 19 processing plants selling approximately 180 million tons per year with 7,400 employees. Arch Coal is the second largest U.S. coal producer and fourth largest international coal producer with estimated 2011 revenues of $5.0 billion. Through its national network of mines, Arch supplies cleaner-burning, low-sulfur coal to fuel 8 percent of the nation’s electricity. The company also ships coal to domestic and international steel manufacturers as well as international power producers.

Since joining Arch in 1984, Lang has held a series of engineering, operating and management positions in eight divisions. Most recently, he held the position of President of Thunder Basin Coal Company and Arch of Wyoming, followed by President of Western Operations.

A native of Utah and Colorado, Lang is a registered professional engineer licensed in six states and serves on the Professional Registration Committee of the Society of Mining Engineers. Lang received a Bachelor of Science from the University of Missouri-Rolla in Mining Engineering, as well as an honorary professional degree in Mining Engineering. He is a graduate of the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School.

Activities & Associations

University of Wyoming’s School of Energy Resources Council; Development Board of the Missouri University of Science & Technology; Commissioner, Wyoming Healthcare Commission. Society of Mining Engineers; National Society of Professional Engineers.

Inducted

2010

Education

BA Political Science, University of Michigan

MBA Finance, University of Chicago

Initiated Chapter

Michigan, 1967

Family

Wife: Sue

Experience

Mr. Pierre Leroy received his undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan, followed by an MBA from the University of Chicago, where he graduated in the top 10% of his class. He was then hired by Goldman Sachs and worked in New York, where he had the opportunity to learn from Robert (Bob) Rubin, the former Treasury Secretary. He transferred to the Chicago office, which was headed by Henry (Hank) Paulson, also a former Treasury Secretary.

Later he joined Deere & Company in Moline, Illinois, where he served in numerous financial positions: Director of Finance for Europe, Africa and the Middle East; Treasurer; Vice President and Treasurer, responsible for all strategic planning and acquisitions at Deere; Chief Financial Officer, where he retained responsibility for strategic planning and acquisitions. He was promoted to President of Worldwide Construction & Forestry and then given additional responsibility as President of the Global Parts Division.

In 2012 Mr. Leroy became the CEO and Executive Chairman of Vigilant Solutions, a data collection, and analysis company. Vigilant is a privately held corporation serving law enforcement agencies such as the FBI, US Marshal Service as well as local law enforcement departments.

Recently Mr. Leroy founded The Pierre Group Llc, a boutique strategic consulting firm. It is arguably one of the most expensive consulting firms, aimed at serving new businesses, (where the Group accepts stock as payment for its services,) and companies needing to revamp their strategy in light of the digital transformation.

Mr. Leroy has served on the Board of Directors of Capital One Financial since 2005. Other publicly held companies on which he served on the Board of Directors include Fortune Brands (Beam), United rental services (RSC) Acco Brands and Nuveen Investments. During his tenure on these boards, he has served as Chairman of the Compensation Committee, the Governance Committee, and Lead Director.

Mr. Leroy was named one of the 75 most powerful Blacks in business in the United States, and has served on a number of volunteer boards: University of Chicago Graduate School of Business Advisory Board; Quad Cities Symphony Orchestra Board; and Two Rivers YMCA Board of Directors.

Inducted

2015

Education

BS Electrical Engineering, Purdue University, 1957

MS Electrical Engineering, Purdue University, 1959

PhD Electrical Engineering, Purdue University, 1961

Initiated Chapter

Purdue, 1955

Family

Wife: Lee

Experience

After graduating from Purdue, Lucky joined AT&T Bell Laboratories, where he initially studied ways of sending digital information via telephone lines. Lucky’s work included the development of the adaptive equalizer technique for correcting distortion in telephone signals in high-speed data transmission.

In his current position as executive director of communications sciences research for Bell Laboratories, he coordinates research in areas such as fiber optics, data networks, mobile communication, image processing, and broadband communications technologies and services.

Lucky is active in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), has served as president of the IEEE Communications Society, and has been both vice president and executive vice president of the parent organization. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and received the prestigious Marconi Award in Italy. Lucky has served as editor of several technical journals. Since 1982, he has written a bimonthly column for Spectrum magazine. He is a consulting editor for a series of books on communications, the co-author of a heavily cited textbook on data communications, and the author of the popular book, Silicon Dreams.

Lucky has been on the advisory boards or committees of many universities and government organizations. He has received honorary doctorates from Purdue and from the New Jersey Institute of Technology.

Inducted

2006

Education

BS Chemical Engineering, Northwestern University

MBA, Stanford University

Initiated Chapter

Northwestern, 1977

Family

Wife: Lori; Children: Four sons

Experience

Jeff McClelland, former Executive VP and Chief Administrative Officer of US Airways, oversaw the airline’s finance, legal, human resources, labor relations and the owned affiliate operations. He was a key player on the tight-knit team of America West executives that made a bold, successful run for US Airways in 2005.

McClelland joined America West in October 1999 as senior vice president, operations and was responsible for technical operations. In August 2000, he took on responsibility for operations analysis and flight operations. In September 2001 he was promoted to executive vice president, operations and added responsibility for in-flight services and airport customer service and to Chief Operating Officer in November of 2002.

Prior to joining America West, McClelland served in senior management positions with Northwest Airlines for eight years, most recently as a senior vice president and controller. During his tenure at Northwest, he also served as an officer over several different financial and operating areas of the airline.

Prior to Northwest Airlines, McClelland worked for three years with American Airlines. He started his career as a pilot in the U.S. Navy.

Inducted

2007

Education

BS Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois

Initiated Chapter

Illinois, 1964

Family

Wife: Sheila; Children: Steven & Ashley

Experience

Steven L. Miller is chairman and president of SLM Discovery Ventures, Inc., a company formed in September 2002 pursuing commercial ventures in support of volunteerism, social outreach, and higher education academic achievement. SLM Discovery Ventures, Inc. is headquartered in Houston, Texas. Mr. Miller is also chairman of Momentum Bio Ventures, a venture capital/management services company focusing on biotechnology and life sciences opportunities. Mr. Miller is the retired chairman of the board of directors, president and CEO of Shell Oil Company, holding that position from July 1999 until his retirement on September 1, 2002. A native of Kansas City, Missouri, Mr. Miller graduated with a BS degree in chemical engineering from the University of Illinois. He began his career with Shell in 1967 at Shell’s Deer Park refinery near Houston. After various field, head office and overseas assignments in manufacturing and marketing, he was named vice president of refining and marketing for Shell Oil in 1988. In 1992, Mr. Miller joined the Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies management team in London, with responsibility for global supply and marketing. In 1996, he was named a managing director of Royal Dutch Petroleum Company and the Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies.

Activities & Honors

2002 Chairman, Greater Houston Partnership; Chairman, United Way of the Texas Gulf Coast; Chairman, Points of Light Foundation; Director, Applied Materials, Inc.; Director, University of Illinois Foundation; Associate Member, Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Foundation; Trustee, Rice University; Director, Texas Southern University Foundation; Chairman, CEO Initiative, Diversity Best Practices; Advisor, James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy.

Associations

American Petroleum Institute, Past Director; National Urban League, Past Director; National Petroleum Council and Business Roundtable, Past Member.

Inducted

2003

Education

BS Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, Purdue University

JD, George Washington University

Initiated Chapter

Purdue, 1968

Family

Wife: Linda Finkelman; Children: Mia Millstein

Experience

Mr. Millstein is a seasoned executive with over 30 years of corporate and law firm experience including the provision of advice and counsel to executive management and boards of directors of major and small corporations in the technology, space, defense and IT businesses. Mr. Millstein has served as general counsel and corporate secretary to boards of public and private companies and as legal advisor to an international satellite organization.

At BAE Systems (2007 to 2017), Mr. Millstein held a number of senior legal positions, including Vice President and Chief Counsel of the Platform Solutions, Inc and, Chief Counsel of the Technology Solutions & Services, Inc. His focus was on global operations, international joint ventures, corporate governance, commercial transactions, government procurement and IT/cyber security matters. He assisted in the growth of overseas operations (Asia, Middle East and Europe) as well as the expansion of BAE Systems domestic business opportunities.

Prior to BAE Systems, Mr. Millstein was the Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Orbital Sciences Corporation

(NYSE:ORB), a publicly-held space technology company. In that capacity, he provided legal support to the executive

management and served as counsel to and corporate secretary of the Board of Directors.

Prior to Orbital, Mr. Millstein held the position of General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Merant plc, a software company providing enterprise application software to major corporations. As General Counsel, he was involved in corporate acquisitions and divestitures and was responsible for company’s software licensing activities.

Mr. Millstein also served as Deputy General Counsel of INTELSAT which is an international satellite organization with

members from over 100 countries. At INTELSAT, Mr. Millstein was the chief negotiator for space launch matters and satellite

acquisitions. Later on, Mr. Millstein was the Director of Corporate Restructuring and he was involved in management

reporting to the board of governors and the privatization of INTELSAT.

Mr. Millstein was a partner at Washington, DC based Dryer, Ellis Joseph & Mills where he headed the technology and

international practice by advising both US and foreign companies in M&A, private placements, corporate restructuring and certain sales transactions.

In 2010, Millstein was awarded the Outstanding Aerospace Engineer Award by Purdue University.

Inducted

2024

Education

BS Electrical Engineering, UCLA

Initiated Chapter

UCLA, 1985

Family

Wife: Amy

Experience

As president, CEO, and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment, Inc., Mike Morhaime is dedicated to maintaining the high standard of quality that has propelled Blizzard Entertainment to the pinnacle of the gaming industry and positioned the company as an internationally recognized leader in interactive entertainment.

In February 1991, Morhaime cofounded Blizzard Entertainment with Allen Adham and Frank Pearce. Under Morhaime’s direction — first as a company vice president and then as president since spring 1998 — Blizzard has grown from a third-party development studio into a premier publisher of entertainment software, with a track record that includes fourteen #1-selling games and numerous Game of the Year awards. Over much of the past decade, Morhaime has also overseen Blizzard’s transformation into a global enterprise. The company now has multiple offices in North America, Asia, Europe, and Latin America, and thousands of employees worldwide.

Beyond his leadership responsibilities, Morhaime has had a direct hand in the development of each of Blizzard’s blockbuster franchises. He worked as a programmer and/or producer on games in the critically acclaimed Warcraft®, Diablo®, and StarCraft® series, as well as on the company’s online gaming service, Battle.net®, and served as executive producer on the world’s most popular subscription-based massively multiplayer online game, World of Warcraft®.

Activities & Honors

2008 Interactive Achievement Award, Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences

2008 Technology & Engineering Emmy Award

Inductee, Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences’ Hall of Fame

Ellison Onizuka Young Alumnus Award, Triangle Fraternity

Inducted 2012

Education

MBA, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, 1963

BS Industrial Economics, Purdue University, 1960

Initiated Chapter

Purdue, 1957

Family

Wife: Nancy

Experience

Mr. Nagel is a founding partner and currently Chairman of CEO Partners, Inc., an independent management consulting firm specializing in the foodservice industry. The company provides strategic business counsel to CEOs and senior management, primarily in areas of integration and management of acquired companies, business unit strategy, supply chain efficiency, and shareholder value improvement. Clients include manufacturers, distributors, chain restaurant operators, and trade associations.

Nagel was President of Peapod Delivery Services, the leading computer-based online grocery shopping and delivery company, serving over 100,000 members in the U.S. Mr. Nagel negotiated operating and marketing agreements with key supermarket chains in each city to expand Peapod’s service.

Mr. Nagel joined A.T. Kearney in 1991 to build the firm’s foodservice industry practice. During his 5 years with Kearney, he completed over 30 projects for clients including manufacturers, distributors, and foodservice operating companies. Engagements covered acquisition evaluation and integration, business strategy development, corporate restructuring/resource reallocation, and distribution network redesign.

As Vice President, Management and Organization Development of Kraft General Foods, Mr. Nagel helped guide the integration of food companies following the acquisition by Philip Morris of Kraft, General Foods, and Oscar Mayer companies. His responsibilities included corporate-wide executive training and development, organization design, succession planning, university recruiting, performance management systems, and executive outplacement.

Activities

Former Director of BAB Holdings, Inc.(NASDAQ), a public restaurant operating company and parent of Big Apple Bagels, My Favorite Muffins, and Brewster’s Coffee chains. Chairman of Audit Committee

Council on The Booth School of Business at The University of Chicago, and former national chairman of the GSB Fund

Public Member of Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (Accreditation Authority for North Central area colleges.) Serve on both Accreditation Review Board and Institutional Actions Council

Guest lecturer at the graduate business schools of The University of Chicago and Northwestern University. Periodic Executive in Residence at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business

Inducted 2015

Education

BS Civil Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines

Advanced Management Program, Harvard Business School

Initiated Chapter

South Dakota Mines, 1973

Family

Wife: Terry; Children: Scott & Grant

Experience

Newlin serves as the Chairman, President, and CEO of PolyOne Corporation, a leading global polymer compounding, and North American distribution company.

Prior to joining PolyOne, Steve was employed at Ecolab, a $4.5 billion company with 21,000 employees and operations in approximately 170 countries. Newlin served as President of the Industrial Sector operation, which comprises seven divisions that provide cleaning and sanitation solutions for the food and beverage, healthcare, textiles, vehicle care and water care markets.

Prior to joining Ecolab, Newlin spent 23 years with Nalco Chemical, a $3 billion global specialty chemical company with 10,000 employees. Starting as a sales representative in 1980, he progressed rapidly through a series of sales management and general management positions and was named the president of Nalco Pacific in 1992. In this role, he led all manufacturing, functional and commercial activities in Asia Pacific.

In 1994, Newlin embarked on a three-year assignment as president of Nalco Europe, with responsibility for all aspects of the company’s businesses throughout Europe and the Middle East, including all commercial functions, research and development, manufacturing, finance and support services. In this position, he led a successful change initiative to reorganize the business around markets rather than geography.

Returning to the United States, Newlin was named the president of Nalco’s Specialty Division, then was elected president and a director of the company in 1998. He added the responsibilities of chief operating officer and vice chairman in 2000. That same year, he became chairman of Nalco Exxon Energy Chemicals, a joint venture of Nalco and Exxon Energy Chemicals. He elected to leave Nalco in 2001.

Before joining Nalco, Newlin served a brief stint as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Public Health Service, where he led the design, contracting and construction of water and wastewater systems.

Newlin is a member of the Board of Directors of Black Hills Corporation, a diversified energy company based in Rapid City, South Dakota. He also serves on the Board of Trustees of the South Dakota School of Mines Foundation.

Inducted 2009

Education

BS Aeronautical Engineering, Purdue University

PhD Business Administration (Finance), The Ohio State University

Initiated Chapter

Purdue, 1965

Family

Wife: Ann, Children: Jeff, David

Experience

Robert Alan Oakley, Ph.D. has been a leader in the central Ohio business and academic communities for four decades and is widely recognized within the U.S. insurance industry. His success in building businesses is rooted in his common sense and forthright management style, his ability to integrate strategic views with practical realities, and his commitment to continued exploration, development, and adoption of new ideas.

Dr. Oakley most recently served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Nationwide companies, a $180 billion Fortune 100 global financial services organization based in Columbus, Ohio. Dr. Oakley joined Nationwide in 1976 as Financial Projects Manager and was named Planning and Controls Manager at the Columbus Regional office in 1979. He returned to headquarters as Director of Casualty/Fire Operations Controls in 1982, was elected Associate Vice President and Corporate Controller in 1983 and elevated to Vice President and Corporate Controller in 1984. He was elected Senior Vice President and named Chief Financial Officer in 1993. Dr. Oakley retired from Nationwide in 2003.

Active in professional organizations throughout his career, Dr. Oakley is a Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) and a Chartered Property-Casualty Underwriter (CPCU). He has served as institutional director of the Financial Management Association and is a member of the Financial Executives Institute and the American Societies of CLU and CPCU. He served on the Board of Directors and was Chair of the Audit and Finance Committees of the Ohio Casualty Corporation, a publicly traded property-casualty insurance group, prior to its acquisition by Liberty Mutual. He also served on the Board and Audit Committee of the OHIC Insurance Company, a professional medical liability company, prior to its sale. Dr. Oakley served on the Board and chaired the Audit Committee of Pharmerica Corporation (NYSE:PMC), an institutional pharmacy services provider located in Louisville, Kentucky recently acquired by KKR/Walgreens.

In the community, Dr. Oakley is on the board of trustees of the Methodist Theological School of Ohio and is a trustee of the Community Housing Network (CHN) which develops, owns and manages permanent supportive rental housing for people with disabilities and other special needs in Central Ohio. He is the former Board Chair of both the Nationwide Federal Credit Union and of Junior Achievement of Central Ohio and is the former vice-chair of the Columbus Symphony Orchestra.

Inducted 2018

Education

BS Mechanical Engineering, Missouri School of Mines, 1949

Initiated Chapter

Missouri Mines, 1943

Family

Wife: Betty; Children: Deborah, Cynthia, Patrick, Sarah, Robin

Experience

In 1943 Robert entered the US Army Air Force, interrupting his engineering studies at the University of Missouri School of Mines at Rolla. As a Bombardier/Navigator on a B-25 double engine aircraft, First Lieutenant Bob Perry unknowingly became a member of “The Greatest Generation” in the China-Burma-India Theater of World War II. Following the war, he returned to Missouri School of Mines to graduate with a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1949.

Robert had been associated with PPG Industries (formerly Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company) his entire life, as had his father, Clarence J. Perry, and his grandfather, Albert Perry. He joined PPG in 1949 at the firm’s glass plant in Crystal City, Missouri, and subsequently held various glass production management posts. Mr. Perry joined the general office of PPG in Pittsburgh in 1963 as assistant director of automotive glass sales. He was named Vice President of the Flat Glass Division in 1977. In 1984 he was elected President of PPG Industries Europe and lived in Paris, France with his wife. He retired from PPG Industries after 39 years of service in 1988.

Activities & Associations

Member, Penn State University Advisory Board; Director, University of Missouri-Rolla Alumni Association; President, Allegheny Valley Hospital; Director, American Hospital in Paris; Director, Vernante Pennitalia (Genoa, Italy); Director- Boussois, S.A. (Paris, France). Society of Automotive Engineers

Honors & Awards

Member, University of Missouri-Rolla Athletic Hall of Fame; Alumni Achievement Award, University of Missouri-Rolla

Inducted 2004

Education

BS Mechanical Engineering, University of Cincinnati

MS Mechanical Engineering, University of Cincinnati

MBA, Xavier University

Initiated Chapter

Cincinnati, 1962

Family

Wife: Geraldine; Children: Daryl

Experience

Loyal (Butch) Peterman is Founder and President of Abrasive Technology, a worldwide leader in the development, manufacture, distribution and marketing of superabrasive grinding wheels and tools for a wide variety of applications. The company is headquartered in Lewis Center, Ohio.

Mr. Peterman began his career as a Design Engineer at GE Jet Engines and in Market Development at the GE Superabrasives facilities. In 1971, Mr. Peterman and three others opened the doors to Abrasive Technology. Mr. Peterman became the sole owner in 1992 and, with the completion of 11 acquisitions in 13 years, has grown AT to 11 locations in 8 countries to become one of the largest privately-held superabrasive grinding and tooling manufacturers in the world.

Under Mr. Peterman’s leadership, AT invented and patented the process for brazing diamond to steel (P.B.S.®), used today in the dental, electronics and aerospace markets. Personally, Mr. Peterman has earned other patents and patent applications in the areas of gear grinding, electronics, and superabrasive wheel manufacturing.

Mr. Peterman and Abrasive Technology have received recognitions for Excellence. Most notably AT was presented the President’s Award of Excellence by Visual Business Solutions in 2005, was recognized by Business First magazine as One of Central Ohio’s Best Places to Work in 2008 and development of a Process-Centered Organization.

Activities & Associations

Central Ohio Entrepreneur of the Year in Manufacturing; Founder/Board Member, Ohio Foundation for Entrepreneurial Education; Speaker for Organizational / Leadership Development for Process-Centered Learning Corporations; Past Treasurer and Board Member, The Country Club at Muirfield Village. Industrial Diamond Association, Past President & Board Member; Society of Manufacturing Engineers, Past Member.

Inducted 2010

Education

BS Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, 1954

Initiated Chapter

South Dakota Mines, 1953

Family

Wife: Mary; Children: Marshall & Michael

Experience

Dean Peterson, engineer and inventor, was personally responsible for two of the 20th century’s greatest consumer products revolutions.

Peterson’s invention and development of the Kodak Instamatic® camera in the 1960’s heralded an unprecedented explosion in amateur snapshot photography. With over 80,000,000 units sold by 1970, there were few American households without an Instamatic.

In the 1970’s, Peterson was principally responsible for many of the innovations that made possible the “point and shoot” camera revolution. Automatic focus, off-the-film metering, auto advance and built-in self-quenching flash: all were brand-new and all were featured on the “Project Beehive” camera developed by Peterson and his team and introduced by Honeywell at Photokina in 1972. The technologies from the “beehive” camera continue to resonate throughout the photography, digital photography, cinematography and video industries.

For his accomplishments in the field, Dean was one of four named Fellows of the Society of Photographic Scientists and Engineers in 1975. He also received accolades from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers and the Society of Plastic Engineers. He received the Distinguished Alumni Award from SDSM&T in 2000 and was posthumously named to the Aberdeen Central High School Hall of Fame in only the second year of its existence in 2007.

But his influence went well beyond the photography business. He was personally responsible for the development two of most successful products in the history of Fisher-Price Toys: their childproof audiocassette recorder and phonograph, both introduced in the 1980s. He designed a number of important advanced products for the medical industry, and developed a variety of patented methods for improving manufacturing processes, saving manufacturers hundreds of millions of dollars over the course of his career. He developed the first and only successful 3D consumer film camera, the first high-speed video camera for scientific motion analysis, and provided the mechanical design for the world’s first tablet computer. Overall, nearly 80 patents bear his name.

Throughout his life, Dean’s passions were fly-fishing and golf, and he invented advanced products for both. Perhaps his all-time favorite invention was the Morgan Reel™, a single-action fly reel featuring a unique, infinitely-variable drag mechanism which can never be damaged by sand or grit, superior ergonomics, and the ability to operate either with the characteristic “click” familiar in most fly reels or completely silently.

Activities & Associations

Elder, Presbyterian Church

Fellow, Society of Photographic Scientists & Engineers

2000 Distinguished Alumnus Award, South Dakota Mines & Technology

Inducted 2012

Education

BS Electrical Engineering, Northwestern University, 1944

MS Electrical Engineering, Northwestern University, 1947

PhD Physics, Northwestern University, 1950

Initiated Chapter

Northwestern, 1943

Family

Children: Pamela

Experience

Dr. Richard Petritz started his career as a professor at Catholic University and at a Navy research lab. During this time as a professor and research scientist, he published 26 technical papers, received a meritorious civilian award from the U.S. Naval Ordnance Laboratory for research in semiconductor technology and received the IEEE’s Browder J. Thompson Award for best research paper by an author under 30 years of age. He was one of the few Americans to become a Fellow in both the American Physical Society and the IEEE.

Dr. Petritz was recruited to join Texas Instruments as the Director of their Semiconductor R & D lab. While in that position Dr. Petritz supervised over 300 technical personnel and, as deputy director, oversaw Jack Kilby and the invention of the Integrated Circuit.

In 1969 he and a TI colleague formed New Business Resources, the first U.S. venture capital company to focus exclusively on start-up, high-technology businesses. Dr. Petritz went on to serve as President of two companies: Mostek which developed DRAM memories and some of the earliest microprocessors to be commercially available; and Linolex Systems, recognized by the Boston Computing Society as the first true personal computer. Dr. Petritz then provided the seed capital to start Inmos, a Colorado Springs-based semiconductor company. Inmos grew to $144,000,000 in sales and was sold to Thorn EMI, then again to ST Microelectronics.

Upon his exit from Inmos, he formed New Venture Resources and founded Simtek Corporation, of which he managed until his retirement in 1998. His venture capital activities spanned three decades and 21 companies. Simtek operates today as a publicly-traded semiconductor company in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Activities & Associations

Board Member, Colorado Springs Symphony; Advisor, CU-Colorado Springs School of Engineering Advisory Committee; Board Member, Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce; Director, Northrup Corporation. Fellow, American Physical Society; Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

Honors

Man of the Year, American Electronics Association; Entrepreneur of the Year, University of Colorado; American Pioneer of Semiconductor Industry, Smithsonian Institute.

Inducted 2005

Education

BS Aerospace Engineering, Iowa State University

MCIS Software Engineering, University of Denver

Initiated Chapter

Iowa State, 1982

Family

Wife: Syndi

Experience

John Pritchard is a business executive, entrepreneur, and former Air Force Officer. Pritchard is the former Co-Founder and CEO of Flatirons Solutions Corporation. The company provided systems and software engineering for the design and development of next generation air traffic management systems for the FAA. The young company was also a recognized leader and innovator in the field of Enterprise Content Management. Under his leadership, and without venture capital funding, the company grew to $30M annual revenues in six years. The company garnered numerous awards including 87th on the Inc. 500 Fastest Growing Companies (4th fastest in its industry) and Colorado Top Company of the Year. Pritchard sold the company in 2007 and retired. Since then he has founded or acquired several businesses in the aviation, construction, and real estate sectors.

Prior to Flatirons, Pritchard held executive and leadership roles in other public and private companies including IBM and Sterling Software. Pritchard began his career as an Air Force Officer and Satellite Systems Analyst. He designed and developed enhancements to the Air Force’s premier space-based intercontinental ballistic missile launch detection system. He led the development of a new system capability that enabled the detection of Scud missile launches – a capability previously thought not feasible. During Operation Desert Storm the system enabled rapid notification of impending Scud missile strikes to coalition ground forces in theater. In a subsequent assignment at the Air Force Weapons Laboratory, Pritchard conducted live-fire lethality assessments of the AMRAAM air-to-air missile system then under development.

Pritchard is a proud member of Triangle Fraternity where he has served as both Undergraduate and Alumni President of the Iowa State Chapter. He is currently Secretary of the Triangle Education Foundation and a board member of the Iowa State Alumni Organization. Pritchard has also donated countless hours to speak at Triangle events and to chapters and to advise and mentor Triangle undergraduates and alumni.

Inducted 2014

Education

BS Chemical Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology

MS Gas Technology, Illinois Institute of Technology

PhD Gas Technology, Illinois Institute of Technology

Initiated Chapter

Armour, 1955

Family

Wife: Maryann

Experience

Robert Rosenberg Ph.D. retired as the President of RBR@Vision, a consulting firm that he founded in 1996 to provide services to corporate companies on international strategic and marketing plans with an emphasis on international strategic alliances as well as international technology assessments and technology transfer.

Before founding RBR@Vision, Dr. Rosenberg served as the Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President, Member, and Industry Relations and Vice President of Research & Development and of International and Industrial Relations during his almost 20-year career with the Gas Research Institute (GRI) located in Chicago, Illinois. In these roles, Dr. Rosenberg participated in the development of industrial and international alliances with a variety of organizations to support research and development and technology transfer efforts to improve the deployment of GRI technology and shorten the research and development product introduction cycle.

Before becoming a founding officer of GRI, Dr. Rosenberg was a member of the research staff of IGT from 1962 to 1977, while also serving as an Adjunct Assistance Professor at Illinois Institute of Technology from 1963-1969. He was named Vice President of Engineering Research at the Institute of Gas Technology in 1973 with responsibility for securing and directing sponsored research programs in energy utilization, development of advanced energy systems, and management sciences.

Dr. Rosenberg is the inventor of 13 patents and has more than 100 publications on natural gas and other energy technologies. Among the patents is the eternal flame that was installed at the John F Kennedy grave site and the first gas-fired self-cleaning oven.

Activities & Honors

Among the many awards and honors received by Dr. Rosenberg are the Gas Industry Research Award from the American Gas Association (A.G.A.), the 1987 Energy Executive of the Year Award from the Association of Energy Engineers, and the Award of Merit, also from the A.G.A. and the Professional Achievement Award from Illinois Institute of Technology Alumni Association.

Dr. Rosenberg has been listed in: Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in Engineering, International Who’s Who in Engineering, Who’s Who in Technology Today, Who’s Who in World Oil and Gas, Who’s Who in Frontier Science and Technology, Who’s Who Registry, and American Men of Science.

Inducted 2020

Education

BS Electrical Engineering, Marquette University

MS Electrical Engineering, Marquette University

MBA, Harvard Business School

Initiated Chapter

Marquette, 1964

Family

Wife: Lee

Experience

Bill Schroeder has an extensive track record of leading innovative-rich technology companies. His last position was CEO of Vormetric, a leading provider of Core Security solutions. Prior to Vormetric, he was president and CEO of Diamond Multimedia Systems, introducing portable MP3 player technology to the market, which he took public in 1995 and later sold to SONICblue.

Before this, Schroeder was president, and later vice chairman, of Conner Peripherals, a storage products company, where revenues grew from zero to over $2 billion in six years, achieving its IPO in 1988. In 1993-94, Schroeder was the co-founder and the first CEO of Arcada Software, a controlled subsidiary of Conner that was acquired by Seagate and subsequently acquired by Veritas Software, giving Veritas the industry-standard Backup Exec™ software solution.

Prior to that, Schroeder founded and served as the CEO of Priam Corporation and guided the company to a successful IPO in 1983.

Inducted 2006

Initiated Chapter

South Dakota Mines, 1971

Experience

Mike is an experienced senior executive, CEO and board member with an impressive track record increasing revenues and margins in both large and small, medical technology companies. He is currently the President, CEO and board member of Optobionics Corporation, an early stage medical technology company, located in Naperville IL. and Palo Alto, CA. Optobionics is developing treatments for patients who have debilitating blindness due to retina dysfunction using some very innovative silicon chip technology. He is known for leading companies to improving operating performance and for creating value through a combination of customer relationships, strategic partnerships and acquisitions, new product development, gross margin improvement, strategic market development and sales growth.

Mike has extensive experience in creating new medical device products, managing complicated technologies, obtaining regulatory approvals, developing new markets across a wide spectrum of medical specialties. He has solid experience in building teams and top-flight managements, as well as establishing sound corporate governance policies and managing stakeholder relations. He is a member of the Board of Directors in both public and private technology companies.

Inducted 2007

Education

BS Electrical Engineering, Marquette University

MBA, Creighton University

Postgraduate Studies, Stanford University & Ceran Language Institute, France

Initiated Chapter

Marquette, 1964

Family

Wife: Molly; Children: Katie, Libby, Maggie

Experience

Ed’s experience has focused on commercializing life sciences technology for finding solutions for the world’s food supply and alternative energy. Additionally, he has worked closely to form companies addressing solutions for infectious diseases. Ed is CEO of N2 Genetics which is providing a solution for nitrogen fixation in plants, significantly reducing chemical fertilizer requirements as well as increasing yields. He is Chairman of Arborgen, the world’s largest tree seedling company meeting wood, fiber, and energy needs. Ed is also working with Hawaii Bioenergy to provide the strategy and coordination to meet Hawaii’s energy deficit for power and aviation fuels. Ed is a member of the Boards of Microdermis (infectious disease solutions), Foundation of Liechtenstein in Europe, and Agrivida(biotech intein technology).

A native of Colorado, Ed graduated from Marquette where he was president of the Marquette chapter. Also graduating as an Ensign in the Navy, he then served three tours in Vietnam where he was decorated for performance in combat operations. He then began his career as a design engineer for AT&T, subsequently joining Proctor and Gamble Company as Operations Manager in its paper division.

In 2003 Ed joined Diversa Corporation, a NASDAQ listed company specializing in enzyme solutions for pharmaceutical and energy solutions following his roles as CEO of Novartis and Syngenta Seeds. Ed as CEO of Diversa merged the company into Verenium after increasing the market value in excess of $500 million.

Activities & Honors

Past Director, BIO International, Washington DC

Past Chairman, Personnel Commission, State of Iowa

Member, UCSD Cancer Center Board

Member, UCSD School of Pharmacy Board

Member, UCSD College of Physical Sciences Board

Past Director, Business Higher Education Council, Washington DC

Past Chairman, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and Des Moines Symphony

Inducted 2013

Education

BS Metallurgy, Penn State University

MS Metallurgical Engineering, Penn State University

MBA, University of Pittsburgh

Initiated Chapter

Penn State, 1965

Experience

Mr. Stecko is Chairman of the Board of Packaging Corporation of America (PCA) which is a leading producer of corrugated packaging products and uncoated paper in the United States. PCA operates eight paper mills and 94 corrugated products plants in 26 states.

Mr. Stecko retired as CEO of PCA in July 2010, after serving as Chairman and CEO since 1999.

A native of McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, Mr. Stecko graduated with a B.S. degree in Metallurgy from Penn State University. He spent the first 10 years of his career working in R & D at Westinghouse’s Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory. He joined International Paper in 1977 where he rose to the rank of Vice President, Coated, Bristols & Converting Papers. In 1993 he joined Tenneco, a conglomerate, as President and Chief Executive Officer of PCA, a wholly owned subsidiary of Tenneco. In 1998 he was named Chief Operating Officer of Tenneco and in 1999 remained at PCA as Chairman and CEO when the company was sold by Tenneco to a private equity firm before emerging as a public company in 2000.

Activities & Honors

Alumni Fellow, Penn State University

Director, State Farm Mutual Insurance Company

Director, Smurfit Kappa Group

Director, Tenneco

Former Director, American Forest & Paper Association

Inducted 2015

Education

BS Metallurgical Engineering, Purdue University

Initiated Chapter

Purdue, 1973

Family

Wife: Mary Ann

Experience

Purdue’s John M. Storm knows a thing or two about setting the standard for others to follow. Maybe that is why John has been honored by everyone from Purdue University to the Society of Manufacturing Engineering.

In his first professional job out of the box, John’s innovations resulted in corporate annual savings of $6,000,000. That’s right, 6 million dollars. In 1977, John started working as a process metallurgist for Detroit Diesel Allison, a division of General Motors. John was in charge of testing a furnace the size of a small building. The result was John being on the edge of creating a new industry standard for furnace applications. John created a furnace application utilizing a methanol nitrogen atmosphere, which saved GM over 6 million dollars per year.

After that savings, John was provided a small staff and given the opportunity to work on whatever project he wanted to. John decided to begin with creating an advanced computer-controlled heat treating process for gears. This process eventually became the Micropulse Process, which GM declined to patent. So in 1986, John and GM gear specialist Mike Chapin decided to patent the Micropulse Process and go it alone and created Contour Hardening Inc. Their goal for their company was to create a cost-effective solution to difficult heat treatment applications.

During the first five years of their business, they did not sell a single one of their large expensive machines. In fact, John estimates losing between three and four million dollars. But in 1990, Contour Hardening sold its first system to an overseas transmission manufacturer. The rest fell into place from there. Between June 1995 and January 1997, Contour Hardening Inc. had a 300% growth period. In 2002, sales were $11 million.

This married father of two is also an avid race enthusiast and in 1997, for the first time in racing history, advanced hardening and process control technology was used, resulting in a first and second place win at the Indianapolis 500! Arie Luyendyk crossed the finish line first and Scott Goodyear crossed second, both, using Contour Hardening’s patented gears, which are stronger, lighter than and twice as strong as the industry standards. In 2001, CHI sponsored driver Sam Hornish, Jr. of Panther Racing who in 2001 won 3 IRL races and the 