Institute of Technology

2007 Donors

Presidents Club

Members of the Presidents Club provide exemplary leadership to the college through their philanthropic support. Membership in the Presidents Club is extended to individuals whose lifetime giving to the University or the college has reached or exceeded $25,000. Members of the Heritage Society, who have included the college as a beneficiary of their estate plans, in any amount, are also members of the Presidents Club.

3M Company and 3M Foundation A AT&T Company and AT&T Foundation Abbott Laboratories Andreas and Juana Vivo Acrivos ADC Telecommunications and ADC Foundation Advanced Research Corporation Agilent Technologies Inc. and Agilent Technologies Foundation Agricultural Utilization Research Institute Aid Association for Lutherans Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. The Air Products Foundation Al Johnson Construction Company and Al Johnson Foundation Alcoa Inc. and Alcoa Foundation Dr. Lyman T. and the late Margaret Glockler Aldrich Alfred Benzon Foundation Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Alice Warren Gaarden Fund Alliant Energy Corporation Alliant Techsystems Allied Signal Foundation Inc. Amax Foundation American Association of Physics Teachers American Chemical Society American Filtration Society American Hoist and Derrick Foundation Fund American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Upper Midwest Section American Medical Systems Ames Construction Amoco Chemical Company and Amoco Foundation Professor Neal and Shirley Amundson Anadarko Petroleum Corporation Andersen Foundation Bernice M. Anderson and the Bernice M. Anderson Fund Duane H. and Patsey Anderson Grace E. Anderson Robert K. Anderson Craig R. Andersson Apple Computer Appleton Arco Exploration and Production Technology and Arco Foundation Claire M. Aris and the late Rutherford Aris Arkema, Inc. Marjorie L. Arndt and the late Rolland B. Arndt Arnold Family Foundation Aspen Research Corporation AstraZeneca Atlantic Richfield Foundation Atofina Chemicals, Inc. Augustine Medical Avecor Cardiovascular Avery Dennison B Earl E. and Doris J. Bakken William L. and Marcia Z. Ball Keith A. Bangert Dr. Michael Barany Barr Engineering Company BASF Aktiengesellschaft Jeffrey R. Basford Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Bather and Family Bayer Corporation The Beavers Charitable Trust Bellcore Bemis Company Foundation Theodore W. Bennett Trust In Memory of Robert R. Berg by the Berg Family Bergquist Company Gerald E. and Shirley J. S. Bergum John A. and Katharine Billman Kristine M. Black and Jack W. O’Neal Blandin Foundation Blandin Paper Company William N. Blatt The Boeing Company Marjorie A. Boening and the late Paul G. Boening Otto G. Bonestroo Bonestroo Rosene Anderlik and Associates Guillermo E. and Gloria F. Borja Dr. Newman and Lillian Bortnick Boston Scientific Corporation John E. Bowers BP America Inc. Brady Service Company Phyllis B. Branin J. S. and Priscilla W. Braun Braun Intertec Corporation Mrs. Robert G. Bredeson and the late Mr. Robert G. Bredeson Bridgestone Bristol-Myers Squibb Dr. Galen C. and Katherine W. Britz John K. and the late Nancy M. Broback Robert J. Buck and Cheryl L. Quinn Bulk Molding Compounds William Burgum The Bush Foundation Mrs. George Butzow and the late Mr. George Butzow C James and Erma Cabak Candela Corporation Cargill and Cargill Foundation Curtis L. Carlson Foundation Carnegie Mellon University Marie Carter Keith P. and Dona B. Caswell Caterpillar, Inc. and Caterpillar Foundation Center for Energy and Environment Ceridian Corporation Lap and Jody Chan Robert B. and Marilyn M. Chapman Charles Babbage Foundation George B. Chesley Chevrolet Motors Corporation ChevronTexaco Corporation Ronald and Janet Christenson Cisco Systems Richard W. and Jean Illsley Clarke James D. Clausen Cleveland-Cliffs Foundation Clinical Diagnostic Systems Inc. Richard and Faith Coleman of the Coleman Family Foundation Comer Science and Education Foundation Concrete Paving Association of Minnesota Conoco Inc. Harold and Phyllis Conrad Conwed Corporation and Foundation Cooperative Power Association John A. Copper and Jane Dunning Copper Corning, Inc. Council For Chemical Research Howard W. and Mary S. Cox CPT Corporation Cray Research and Foundation Bobbie Huston Cronquist Steven L. and Karen L. Crouch Edward A. and Karayn R. Cunnington John B. and Mary Jean Custer Cymer Incorporated Leonard and Judy Czuba D Dai Nippon Printing Company Ltd. Dairyland Power Cooperative Datacard Corporation H. Ted and Catherine Davis Degussa Corporation Susan Dei Dekko Foundation Inc. Richard V. DeLeo and the late Shirley J. DeLeo Deluxe Corporation Foundation Donald O. Dencker Design Ed John Dexheimer and Carla Haugen Lori L. Dietrich and Steven J. Piazza Robert A. and Mary S. Dinerstein Donaldson Company and Donaldson Foundation Fred A. and Mavis E. Donath Douglas Machine Inc. Dow Chemical Company and Dow Foundation Dow Corning Corporation Gary R. and Helen R. Dowling Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation DuPont Merck Pharmaceutical Company Dyneon E Eastman Chemical Company Eastman Kodak Company Eaton Corporation Ecolab and Ecolab Foundation The Edelweiss Foundation E.I. Dupont De Nemours and Company Electric Power Research Institute Electronics Education Foundation Eli Lilly and Company and Eli Lilly and Company Foundation Emerson Electric Company and Emerson Electric Foundation Endocardial Solutions Lavon Engen and the late Jim Engen Engine Manufacturers Association ENSYS Entegris EPI MBE Products Group ExxonMobil Corporation and ExxonMobil Foundation F Professor Charles Fairhurst Dr. Hans K. and Judy Fauske David E. Feinberg Bianca M. Fine and the late William I. Fine Dr. Leroy and Ruth Fingerson Roger and Janet Flink Patrick F. and the late Beverly C. Flynn FMC Corporation and FMC Foundation Ford Motor Company and Ford Motor Fund Rodney H. Forristall FSI International Fuji Photo Film Company Lois Hamilton Fuller and the late Dr. Donald L. Fuller G Gary Rowland GDO Inc. GECO and GE Fund Gershon “Gus” and Betty Gendler Genentech General Electric Company General Mills and General Mills Foundation General Motors Corporation and General Motors Foundation Drs. William W. Gerberich and Susan Goodwin Gerberich Gillette Children’s Foundation Gillette Company Mr. and Mrs. Gary H. Glover Lloyd W. Goerke Duane A. Goetsch and Dr. Nancy M. Dickerson Goldstar Image and Media Laboratory Richard J. and Barbara F. Goldstein Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company Dr. and Mrs. Robert W. Gore Bob G. and Mary Beth Gower Graco Inc. and Graco Foundation Grandis, Inc. Robert A. Gravier Great Plains Supply Great River Energy Guidant/Cardiac Pacemakers Guidant Corporation and Guidant Foundation William H. Gumprecht Robert D. Gunn H H. B. Fuller Company and H. B. Fuller Foundation Richard A. and Sondra S. Hackborn Bonnie C. Hagstrum Olga and Warren Hamerston Harold and Eleanor Hamilton Richard J. and M. Patricia Hanschen Edgar E. Hardy and the late Catherine L. Hardy Eric W. Harslem Roger and Mary Haxby H. B. (Bud) Hayden, Jr. and Carol Hayden Heidelberg Harris Dr. Frederick G. Heineken The Helena Foundation: James and Sylvia Earl Robert and Esther Helvig Henkel Corporation David and Joan Henle Dr. Steven G. Hentges Hercules Inc. Hewlett-Packard Company Hitachi Micro Systems Hitachi Software Engineering Hoechst Celanese Corporation and Foundation Richard and Judy Hokanson Hokkaido River Center Dr. John D. and Barbara E. Holm Cynthia and Elwood J. Holmberg Honeywell and Honeywell Foundation Horton Inc. James H. Houchens and the late Dianne Randin-Houchens Kenneth D. and Margaret A. Hoyt HPLC ‘94 Hubbard Broadcasting Inc. and Hubbard Foundation Hughes Aircraft Company Hutchinson Technology Hypertherm Hysitron, Inc. I Professor and Mrs. Warren Ibele IBM Corporation IBM International Foundation ICI Americas ICI Europe Ltd Imation Corporation Infineum Infomag ING Financial Corporation and ING Foundation INOAC Corporation Institute of Technology Alumni Society Instron Corporation Intel Corporation International Paper J James River Corporation Marjorie Jewett and the late Robert H. Jewett John Deere Foundation John Deere Product Engineering Center Johnson & Johnson E. F. Johnson Foundation Elmer Lee and Nancy Johnson Herbert C. Johnson Lee W. and Betty Johnson Linda K. and Theodore C. Johnson Orville D. and Kathleen Johnson Ray D. Johnson Professor Walter H. and Mrs. Harriet W. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Wendell A. Johnson Laverne G. Jones Todd D. Jones Dr. Joseph M. and Sadie Juran and the Juran Foundation K Professor Donald W. and Phyllis L. Kahn KAO Corporation John C. Kaplan and Kristine Legler Kaplan Dana and Marc Katz Kawasaki Steel Corporation Kenneth H. Keller and Bonita F. Sindelir Charles E. and Mary F. Kiester Kimberly-Clark Corporation and Kimberly-Clark Foundation

William A. King and the late Patricia O. King Kevin and A.J. KleinOsowski Sally Gregory Kohlstedt and David L. Kohlstedt Dr. John C. Kraft Adeline R. Krake Kraton Polymers U.S. LLC Dr. Carl G. Krespan Dr. Lester C. and Joan M. Krogh Richard and Patricia Kruger Carl A. and Janet Kuhrmeyer and the Kuhrmeyer Family Foundation K. S. P. and Usha Kumar L Lam Research Foundation Dr. Robert F. Lambert and the late June D. Lambert Elaine S. Larson and the late Robert E. Larson Dr. Jan J. Laskowski and Dr. Sofia Milner Laskowski Edwin H. Lee Houghton Lee Jung Hwa Lee LG Electronics LifeCell Corporation Rose S. Ling and the late Dr. Joseph T. Ling Lintec Corporation Benjamin Y. H. and Helen C. Liu Dana R. Lonn Yong-Fang Lu Lucent Technologies and Lucent Technologies Foundation Dr. Johnson Y. S. Luh Gale H. Lyle M MA Hanna Company Wendell and Dottie Manske Martin Marietta Corporation Foundation Dr. Robert V. Mattern Max Kade Foundation Maxtor Corporation Grace and A.l. Mayer Mayo Foundation Betty C. McCollom and the late John S. McCollom Charles S. McCrossan McDonnell Douglas Foundation McElrath Foundation Dr. Andrew R. and Nancy I. McFarland Professor Peter H. and Pamela S. McMurry Russell J. and Carol J. McNaughton Mead Corporation Medical College of Wisconsin Medtronic and Medtronic Foundation Robert R. Melcher Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Mentor Graphics Corporation Merchant and Gould, PC Merck and Company and Merck Company Foundation Mildred and Dale Merrick Micro Control Company Microsoft Corporation Midwest Asphalt Corporation Willard Miller, Jr. Minnesota Asphalt Pavement Association Minnesota Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists Minnesota Chapter of ASHRAE Minnesota Corn Growers Association Minnesota Corn Research and Promotion Council Minnesota Power Minnesota Prestress Association Minnesota Soybean Research and Promotion Council Minnesota Supercomputer Center Minnesota Surveyors and Engineers Society Minnetronix Inc. Minnkota Power Cooperative Irving and Edythe Misel William and Jean Mitchell Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. Mobay Corporation Mobil Technology Co. Mobile Chemical Company Douglas C. Mohl Molecular Genetics Molecular Imaging Corporation Monsanto Company Athos J. Monti John K. Moorhead John F. and Gloria D. Morrison Motorola and Motorola Foundation MTS Systems Corporation V. Rama Murthy and Janice Noruk N Daryl D. and Joan C. Nagel Dr. F. Robert Naka and the late Patricia N. Naka Narus, Inc. National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering National Endowment for the Humanities National Steel Corporation National Storage Industry Consortium NCR Corporation and The NCR Foundation Ned Levine and Associates Richard K. and Barbara L. Nelson Ardis H. Nier and the late Dr. Alfred O. C. Nier Nitto Denko Corporation Wayland E. Noland Roger M. and Irma R. Nordby David A. and M. Ruth Norman The Nutrasweet Company O Onan Corporation Oppenheimer Wolff and Donnelly Margaret and John G. Ordway, Jr. Lynn and Susan Orr OSI Specialties Donald G. Oss and the late Wilma E. Oss Patricia H. Oswald Otter Tail Power Company Kenneth E. and Marion S. Owens P David and Lucile Packard Foundation Robert K. K. Pang Professor Allan E. Pearson Russell J. Penrose Pentair, Inc. and The Pentair Foundation Professor Robert O. and Lillian B. Pepin Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company The Perkin-Elmer Corporation Burton R. Person Emil and Maja Pfender Pfizer Inc. and The Pfizer Foundation Pharmacia Corporation and Pharmacia Foundation Peter F. Pierce Janet R. Piercy and the late George T. Piercy Edward D. Pierson Roger O. Pilon PolarFab Polaroid Corporation Porous Media Corporation Possis Medical Dr. Venkateswarlu Pothapragada Potlatch Corporation Professor and Mrs. Stephen Prager William W. Prichard and the late Kathryn L. Prichard Procter & Gamble Company and Procter & Gamble Fund Q-R Qwest and Qwest Foundation Irving and Louise Rapaport W. Harmon and Nell R. Ray Read-Rite Corporation Reell Precision Manufacturing Corporation Refractec, Inc. Reliant Energy Minnegasco Inc. H. Walter and E. Joyce Rembold Edward W. and Cora L. Remus Renal Systems Repap Technologies Research Corporation Reserve Mining Company Rexam Graphics Rexam Release Bruce A. and Joan M. Richard Christopher T. Riley Darrell and Yoko Rinerson Julius M. and Jean K. Rivkin Rockwell Collins Rohm and Haas Company Rosemount Aerospace Rosemount Inc. Robert W. and Joyce H. Rosene Karen Johnson Rothenbuhler RTP Company Dr. Thomas W. and Lynn B. Rusch S Saint Paul Area Chamber Foundation Samsung Electronics Company Samsung Software America Sargent Land Company Ralph J. Schad Schlumberger-Dowell Schlumberger Foundation Schlumberger Moscow Research Schlumberger Technology Corp. Jacqueline and Richard Schmeal Roger and Ruth Schmitz Schonstedt Instrument Company Dr. Jeffrey H. and Patricia A. Schott and the Schott Foundation Ralph W. and Sharon G. Schulz Arthur W. and Nancy C. Schwalm Elmer W. and Betty M. Schwittek Jared C. Scofield Seagate Technology Securian Foundation Sekisui Chemical Company Select Comfort Corporation Semiconductor Research Corporation Professor James B. and Barbara W. Serrin Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community Sheldahl Inc. Arnold “Skip” Sheldon Shell Oil Company and Shell Oil Foundation Mary D. Shepherd and the late William G. Shepherd Shimizu Construction Company Short Elliott Hendrickson Inc. Edward A. and June S. Sieber Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Cyril J. Silberman Silicon Graphics Silicon Systems William and Triana Silliman Simecsol Company Kenneth D. Simon Professor John M. Sivertsen Skyline Displays SmithKline Beecham Corporation and SmithKline Beecham Foundation Society of Manufacturing Engineers Education Foundation Sony Corporation Southern Minnesota Municipal Power Agency Spinal Designs International, Inc. Sprint United Management Company St. Jude Medical and St. Jude Medical Foundation Starkey Laboratories and Starkey Hearing Foundation Dr. Marvin L. and Dr. Ruth M. Stein Dr. Thomas R. and Yolanda S. Stein Curtis M. and Joyce P. Stendahl The late Vernon A. Stenger, Ph.D. V. Bruce Stenswick Sterling Diagnostic Imaging Daniel Sun and Helen Hu Sun Microsystems Inc. Dr. Robert C. and Beverly A. Sundahl Oakley W. and Susan G. Surine Surmodics, Inc. Dr. Jeraldine N. Luedke Swain Richard A. Swalin Wesley R. and Sonja M. Swanson Clarence A. Syvertson T The Target Corporation/Target Stores Mrs. George W. Taylor and the late George W. Taylor and the Mr. and Mrs. George W. Taylor Foundation The Teagle Foundation Incorporated Tektronix, Inc. Stanton H. Telander Dr. Gary F. and Mary Ellen Teletzke Telex Communications Telex Corporation Tennant Foundation Texaco Inc. Texas Instruments Inc. Dr. Leo J. and Joanne J. Thomas Times Mirror Foundation Gerald W. Timm, Ph.D. TKDA and Associates Erwin and Adelle Tomash Toro Company and Toro Foundation Peter John Torvik Toyobo America Toyota Motor Corporation and Toyota U.S.A. Foundation Travelers Companies and Travelers Foundation Frank Y. and Julie C. Tsai TSI, Inc. U Masaki Uchida UFE Inc. Barbara Hodsdon Ullyot and the late Dr. Glenn E. Ullyot Unilever Research Laboratorium Union Camp Corporation Union Carbide Corporation and Union Carbide Foundation Unisys Corporation United Negro College Fund United Power Association USX Corporation and USX Foundation V Valspar Corporation and Valspar Foundation Donald L. Vandergon Vision-Ease Lens W Robert L. and Aileen Wahlstedt James R. and Sharon B. Weinel Frank D. Werner Westinghouse Foundation-CBS Fund Westwood Professional Services, Inc. W. H. Brady Company Whitaker Foundation Patrick J. Whitcomb and Patty A. Napier Dorothy Neibel Whitson and the late Lee S. Whitson Michael and Barbara Wigley William S. Marvin and the late Margaret Wallin Marvin and the William S. Marvin Fund Willowplace Group John G. and Joyce M. Wilson Witco Corporation W. L. Gore and Associates W. M. Keck Foundation Robert and Gretchen Wolfe Fund of the St. Paul Foundation W. R. Grace and Company Herbert E. Wright Sharon and Donald Wright WSB and Associates Inc. X-Y-Z Xcel Energy Xerox Corporation and Xerox Foundation Dr. Leo D. and Bella L. Yau Dr. James A. Zeese Zeneca Pharmaceuticals Ziegler Inc. Gloria B. and Robert E. Zink