Institute of Technology 50-Year Reunion and
Golden Medallion Society Celebration

About 80 Institute of Technology alumni reunited on campus recently to reminisce and reconnect at the 2009 University of Minnesota Institute of Technology Class of 1959 50-Year Reunion and Golden Medallion Society Celebration. The Golden Medallion Society honors alumni who graduated more than 50 years ago. Alumni from the Class of 1959 were inducted as new members of the Golden Medallion Society.

View photos from 2009 Reunion. View a list of those who attended the reunion. View the full agenda from the 2009 50-Year Reunion and the Golden Medallion Society Celebration.

During the event alumni:

• toured academic departments and research centers;
• heard lectures on timely topics such as energy and the nation’s infrastructure;
• had lunch with the dean; and
• connected with students involved in Engineers Without Borders and the Formula SAE race car team.

The Class of 1959 ended their reunion by leading the Class of 2009 into Northrop Auditorium for the Commencement Ceremony.

Thank you to our 1959 reunion planning committee members.

Royal Dossett (Electrical Engineering ’59)
Edward (Ed) Egan (Civil Engineering ’59)
John Erdos (Aeronautical Engineering ’59)
Roger Frommelt (Chemical Engineering ’59, Juris Doctor ’65)
Richard Heinecke (Mechanical Engineering ’59)
Dave Holt (Civil Engineering ’59)
Doug Johnson (Civil Engineering ’59)
Stan Korzenowski (Mechanical Engineering ’59)
Jean McCallum (Civil Engineering ’59)
James J. Olsen (Aeronautical Engineering ’59)
George Psihos (Chemical Engineering ’59)
Bob Sundahl (Metallurgical Engineering ’58, M.S. ’64, Ph.D. ’66)
Jim Urnes, Sr. (Aeronautical Engineering ’59, M.S. ’61)
James Zeese (Electrical Engineering ’59, Doctor of Medicine ’65)

View photos from the 2008 Reunion