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Charles Howard Vollum (May 31, 1913 – February 5, 1986) was an American electronics engineer, businessman, and philanthropist in Oregon, United States. He was the co-founder of Tektronix Corporation, and endowed the Vollum Institute.
Howard Vollum was a founding partner of Tektronix, an innovative electronics company in Beaverton, Oregon. In 1947, he developed the Type 511 oscilloscope, which revolutionized oscilloscope design.
A brief history of the Vollum Institute and a tribute to its generous benefactors, Jean and Howard Vollum. By unlikely chance, the lives of a diverse group of Oregonians intersected and their efforts to establish a research institute dedicated to the "molecular biology of the brain" coalesced.
Howard Vollum was born on May 31, 1913 in Portland, Oregon. He graduated in 1936 from Reed College with a B.A. in Physics. For thirty-five years, Howard Vollum has personally contributed to the progress of electronics. Technology advances only as fast as quality measuring instruments allow.
Electronics pioneer, philanthropist, and one of Reed's truest friends, Howard Vollum died February 3, 1986. “Howard was as good and decent a human being as one could hope to know,” said Reed president Paul Bragdon [1971–88].
Jun 11, 2021 · Howard Vollum applies. At a memorial service for Vollum, Brown recalled the telling of a story about the day the Tek co-founder filled out an application to work at his own company.
Feb 4, 1986 · PORTLAND, Ore. -- Howard Vollum, a co-founder of Tektronix Inc., died of a massive stroke Monday night at St. Vincent Hospital and Medical Center. Vollum, 72, collapsed while having...
