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Trygve Ivesdal '56
Trygve Ivesdal joined Raytheon Company in Wayland, Massachusetts, as an electronic design engineer. With the beginning of the microelectronics era, he moved to Raytheon’s Semiconductor Division in Mountain View, California. In 1966, he moved to Melbourne, Florida, and was part of the start-up of what today is known as Harris Semiconductor. In 1969, Trygve and three associates formed Microsystems, Florida’s first privately . . .
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Mark Gryzwa
'89In high school in Peshtigo, Wisconsin, Mark never realized that he’d eventually develop the spinal cord stimulator to ease chronic neural pain for his mother, but a Michigan Tech education can take you places you’ve never even dreamed about. "Growing up in Wisconsin, I was looking for someplace different than UW Madison or Marquette, and Michigan Tech was a great educational value and is a smaller school. It prepared . . .
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George Swenson
'44Dr. Swenson held faculty positions at Washington University, the University of Alaska, and Michigan State University before joining the University of Illinois in 1956. George served as Director of the Vermilion River Observatory and Head of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering before retiring from the Illinois faculty in 1988. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, a Fellow of the Institute . . .
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Cynthia Anderson
'85Cindy Anderson graduated from Michigan Tech in 1984 with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering. She later received a MS in Engineering Management in 1988 from Santa Clara University. In 1992, she joined Cornerstone Imaging in San Jose, Calif., and became the vice president of quality and information systems, steering the company through its growth from $14 million to $100 million in revenues and from a small . . .
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