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Pioneers of Innovation
October 19, 2022 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm CDT
Meet the Rice alumni who build a Fortune 500 company and the engine of Silicon Valley.
Join an interactive discussion to learn how these Rice ECE alumni took an idea for cutting-edge technology into the market and built ROLM into a Fortune 500 company ultimately acquired by IBM.
Featuring ROLM founders:
- Walter Loewenstern ’58 B.A., ’59 B.S.
- Robert Maxfield ’63 B.A., ’64 B.S.
- Barbara Oshman, wife of Ken Oshman ’62 B.A., ’63 B.S.
Bring your lunch or register for a boxed lunch.
REGISTER HEREFirst 20 people to register will receive a complimentary signed book, Starting up Silicon Valley How ROLM Became a Cultural Icon and Fortune 500 Company.
Presented by the George R. Brown School of Engineering, the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Liu Idea Lab for Innovation & Entrepreneurship.