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[[File:Vollum_1959.jpg|thumb|300px|right|C. Howard Vollum, 1959]] | [[File:Vollum_1959.jpg|thumb|300px|right|C. Howard Vollum, 1959]] | ||
{{Person | |||
|Names=Charles Howard Vollum | |||
|Birth date=31 May 1913 | |||
|Birth place=Portland, OR | |||
|Death date=5 February 1986 | |||
|Countries=USA | |||
|Affiliations=Tektronix | |||
|Wikidata id=Q5921153 | |||
}} | |||
was an American engineer, scientist, and philanthropist in Oregon, United States. He was the co-founder of [[Tektronix|Tektronix Corporation]], and endowed the Vollum Institute. | |||
Source & further details: | Vollum served as president of the company from 1946 until 1971. He remained CEO until 1974. | ||
Source & further details: [[wikipedia:Howard Vollum|Howard Vollum]] @ Wikipedia | |||
==Links== | ==Links== | ||
* [ | * [https://vintagetek.org/howard-vollum/ Howard Vollum in WWII] @ vintagetek.org | ||
* [ | * [https://vintagetek.org/howard-vollum-page-2/ Howard Vollum at Tektronix] @ vintagetek.org | ||
* [https://vintagetek.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Tek-History-Anon-RevB-small.pdf Howard Vollum Biography] @ vintagetek.org | |||
* [https://vintagetek.org/frank-hood-recollections/ Tektronix, The Early Days] - recollections by [[Frank Hood]] @ vintagetek.org | |||
* [https://www.vintagetek.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Tek-History-Anon-RevB-small.pdf Vollum Tribute] by [[Bill Hewlett]] | |||
* [https://pamplinmedia.com/sb/75-features/444381-358801-southeast-history-the-story-of-a-sellwood-cottage-linked-to-tektronix--pwoff The story of a Sellwood cottage, linked to Tektronix] (Vollum Biography) | |||
* [http://www.reed.edu/reed_magazine/in-memoriam/obituaries/_online_only/howard-vollum-1936.html Howard Vollum obituary] @ reed.edu | * [http://www.reed.edu/reed_magazine/in-memoriam/obituaries/_online_only/howard-vollum-1936.html Howard Vollum obituary] @ reed.edu | ||
* [http://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/index.ssf/2013/05/tektronix_university_of_portla.html Tektronix, Univiersity of Portland mark Howard Vollum's 100th birthday] | * [http://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/index.ssf/2013/05/tektronix_university_of_portla.html Tektronix, Univiersity of Portland mark Howard Vollum's 100th birthday] | ||
==Selected Works== | |||
{{Documents|Author=Howard Vollum}} | |||
{{Designer|Howard Vollum}} | |||
{{Patents|Howard Vollum}} | |||
==Photos== | |||
<gallery> | |||
Vollum_1949-05-22.jpg | May 1949 | |||
Howard Vollum c1950.jpg | Ca.1950 | |||
Vollum_1959.jpg | 1959 | |||
</gallery> | |||
[[Category:Tektronix people]] | [[Category:Tektronix people]] | ||