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Showing 151–180 of 242 alumni in Technology
Paul Palmieri
Geneva College — Class of ~1955 (est.)
TechnologyAmerican missionary and engineer (1933–2020)
Lodewijk van den Berg
University of Delaware — Class of ~1954 (est.)
TechnologyChemical engineer and astronaut (1932–2022)
Arden L. Bement, Jr.
Colorado School of Mines — Class of ~1954 (est.)
TechnologyAmerican metallurgical engineer
Dean M. Peterson
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology — Class of ~1953 (est.)
TechnologyAmerican inventor
John J. Mooney
New Jersey Institute of Technology — Class of ~1952 (est.)
Technologychemical engineer and inventor
Daniel D. McCracken
Central Washington University — Class of ~1952 (est.)
TechnologyAmerican computer scientist, academic, educator and writer (1930-2011)
John P. Allen
Colorado School of Mines — Class of ~1951 (est.)
Technologysystems ecologist and engineer, metallurgist, adventurer and writer
Martin Cooper
Illinois Institute of Technology — Class of ~1950 (est.)
TechnologyAmerican engineer, father of mobile phone
Watts Humphrey
Illinois Institute of Technology — Class of ~1949 (est.)
TechnologyAmerican engineer (1927–2010)
John McCarthy
California Institute of Technology — Class of ~1949 (est.)
TechnologyAmerican computer scientist and cognitive scientist (1927-2011)
Theodore Maiman
University of Colorado Boulder — Class of ~1949 (est.)
TechnologyAmerican physicist/Inventor of first working laser
Robert Kearns
University of Detroit Mercy — Class of ~1949 (est.)
TechnologyAmerican engineer and inventor (1927–2005)
Douglas Engelbart
University of Oregon — Class of ~1947 (est.)
TechnologyAmerican engineer and inventor (1925–2013)
Douglas Engelbart
Oregon State University — Class of ~1947 (est.)
TechnologyAmerican engineer and inventor (1925–2013)
Jean Bartik
Northwest Missouri State University — Class of ~1946 (est.)
TechnologyAmerican ENIAC computer programmer (1924–2011)
John Backus
University of Virginia-Main Campus — Class of ~1946 (est.)
TechnologyAmerican computer scientist (1924–2007)
Donald L. Shell
Michigan Technological University — Class of ~1946 (est.)
TechnologyAmerican computer scientist (1924–2015)
Rudy Van Gelder
Salus University — Class of ~1946 (est.)
TechnologyAmerican recording engineer (1924-2016)
Thelma Estrin
Stevens Institute of Technology — Class of ~1946 (est.)
TechnologyAmerican computer scientist and engineer
Charles Bachman
Michigan State University — Class of ~1946 (est.)
TechnologyAmerican computer scientist (1924–2017)
Carl Djerassi
Wayne State University — Class of ~1945 (est.)
TechnologyAmerican chemistry professor, inventor, author, playwright (1923–2015)
Joseph Weizenbaum
Wayne State University — Class of ~1945 (est.)
TechnologyGerman-American computer scientist (1923-2008)
James Edward Zimmerman
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology — Class of ~1945 (est.)
TechnologyAmerican engineer
Richard T. Whitcomb
Worcester Polytechnic Institute — Class of ~1943 (est.)
TechnologyUS aerospace engineer
Norman Joseph Woodland
Drexel University — Class of ~1943 (est.)
Technologyinventor of the barcode (1921–2012)