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Paul Palmieri

Geneva College — Class of ~1955 (est.)

Technology

American missionary and engineer (1933–2020)

Lodewijk van den Berg

University of Delaware — Class of ~1954 (est.)

Technology

Chemical engineer and astronaut (1932–2022)

Arden L. Bement, Jr.

Colorado School of Mines — Class of ~1954 (est.)

Technology

American metallurgical engineer

Dean M. Peterson

South Dakota School of Mines and Technology — Class of ~1953 (est.)

Technology

American inventor

James West

Hampton University — Class of ~1953 (est.)

Technology

American inventor and acoustician

Fred Brooks

Duke University — Class of ~1953 (est.)

Technology

American computer scientist (1931–2022)

John J. Mooney

New Jersey Institute of Technology — Class of ~1952 (est.)

Technology

chemical engineer and inventor

Daniel D. McCracken

Central Washington University — Class of ~1952 (est.)

Technology

American computer scientist, academic, educator and writer (1930-2011)

John P. Allen

Colorado School of Mines — Class of ~1951 (est.)

Technology

systems ecologist and engineer, metallurgist, adventurer and writer

Martin Cooper

Illinois Institute of Technology — Class of ~1950 (est.)

Technology

American engineer, father of mobile phone

Watts Humphrey

Illinois Institute of Technology — Class of ~1949 (est.)

Technology

American engineer (1927–2010)

John McCarthy

California Institute of Technology — Class of ~1949 (est.)

Technology

American computer scientist and cognitive scientist (1927-2011)

Theodore Maiman

University of Colorado Boulder — Class of ~1949 (est.)

Technology

American physicist/Inventor of first working laser

Robert Kearns

University of Detroit Mercy — Class of ~1949 (est.)

Technology

American engineer and inventor (1927–2005)

Paul Baran

Drexel University — Class of ~1948 (est.)

Technology

American engineer (1926–2011)

Douglas Engelbart

University of Oregon — Class of ~1947 (est.)

Technology

American engineer and inventor (1925–2013)

Douglas Engelbart

Oregon State University — Class of ~1947 (est.)

Technology

American engineer and inventor (1925–2013)

George Chakoian

Trine University — Class of ~1946 (est.)

Technology

American engineer

Jean Bartik

Northwest Missouri State University — Class of ~1946 (est.)

Technology

American ENIAC computer programmer (1924–2011)

John Backus

University of Virginia-Main Campus — Class of ~1946 (est.)

Technology

American computer scientist (1924–2007)

Donald L. Shell

Michigan Technological University — Class of ~1946 (est.)

Technology

American computer scientist (1924–2015)

Rudy Van Gelder

Salus University — Class of ~1946 (est.)

Technology

American recording engineer (1924-2016)

Thelma Estrin

Stevens Institute of Technology — Class of ~1946 (est.)

Technology

American computer scientist and engineer

Charles Bachman

Michigan State University — Class of ~1946 (est.)

Technology

American computer scientist (1924–2017)

Carl Djerassi

Wayne State University — Class of ~1945 (est.)

Technology

American chemistry professor, inventor, author, playwright (1923–2015)

Joseph Weizenbaum

Wayne State University — Class of ~1945 (est.)

Technology

German-American computer scientist (1923-2008)

Eldon C. Hall

Eastern Nazarene College — Class of ~1945 (est.)

Technology

American computer scientist

James Edward Zimmerman

South Dakota School of Mines and Technology — Class of ~1945 (est.)

Technology

American engineer

Richard T. Whitcomb

Worcester Polytechnic Institute — Class of ~1943 (est.)

Technology

US aerospace engineer

Norman Joseph Woodland

Drexel University — Class of ~1943 (est.)

Technology

inventor of the barcode (1921–2012)