FRATERNAL HONOR SOCIETY

Electrical and computer engineering honor society, founded 1904.

Official Website:
http://www.hkn.org/

Founding Date:
1904

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Anousheh Ansari	Business	12-Sep-1966		Telecom executive, space tourist
Norman Augustine	Business	27-Jul-1935		CEO of Martin Marietta, 1987-97
Michael J. Birck	Business	25-Jan-1938	6-Jul-2015	CEO of Tellabs, 1975-2004
Vannevar Bush	Scientist	11-Mar-1890	30-Jun-1974	Pre-internet visionary
Nicholas M. Donofrio	Business	7-Sep-1945		EVP at IBM
Doug Engelbart	Computer Programmer	30-Jan-1925	2-Jul-2013	Pioneer of human-computer interaction
Gordon R. England	Government	15-Sep-1937		US Deputy Secretary of Defense
Thomas E. Everhart	Physicist	15-Feb-1932		President of CalTech, 1987-97
Martin Hellman	Inventor	2-Oct-1945		Public key cryptographer
William Hewlett	Business	20-May-1913	12-Jan-2001	Co-Founder of Hewlett-Packard
James Hillier	Physicist	22-Aug-1915	15-Jan-2007	Electron microscope
Irwin M. Jacobs	Business	18-Oct-1933		Co-Founder of Qualcomm
Paul E. Jacobs	Business	c. 1963		CEO of Qualcomm
Jack S. Kilby	Inventor	8-Nov-1923	20-Jun-2005	Electrical engineering pioneer
Garry Kitchen	Computer Programmer	c. 1958		Keystone Capers
James R. Mellor	Business	3-May-1930		CEO of General Dynamics, 1994-97
John B. Peatman	Educator	?		Engineering Professor at Georgia Tech
Michael M. Sears	Business	16-Jul-1947		CFO of Boeing, 2000-03
Claude Shannon	Scientist	30-Apr-1916	24-Feb-2001	Pioneer in information theory
Philip Sporn	Engineer	25-Nov-1896	23-Jan-1978	American Electric Power Company

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