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p. 2 OREGON BETA HEARTBEAT M organ Johnson '63 isn't one to follow the crowd. His goal is to bend the twig, or in his words, "influence the outcome of humanity." He has influenced many over the years. One true fan would be his daughter, Hillary, who says, "My dad can build a dome around the moon. Can yours?" Morgan was born in Klamath Falls in 1941, and later attended Klamath Union High School. At Oregon, he earned his degree in graphics and sculpture with only one science class, which was geology. Like many today, there is only a small relation between Morgan's college degree and his profession. He eventually became a hi-tech inventor, and is almost completely self-educated in the realm of science. He is an industrial designer, specializing in electronics. He has 60 active patents and nearly two dozen patents pending. After college, Morgan moved to San Diego, developing a computer system for the company that owned Jack in the Box. From 1969-74, he worked in New York with the Jewish Founders Network (JFN), a corporate planning firm. His signature project in New York was designing and building the trading floors, facilities and technologies for Salomon Brothers, Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, and Morgan Stanley. "These were the first true electronic work stations; modular units that integrated multiple phone lines and internal wiring for computer terminals," he says. From 1980-88, Morgan worked in Silicon Valley building custom chips. He says they were "marketing a revolutionary way to create laser programmable multilevel printed circuit boards, and semi-custom chips." Morgan now classifies himself as an inventor of semi-conductor testing equipment. He is still inventing and pursuing hi-tech patents. The technology has grown exponentially since Morgan left Eugene in 1963 and many of today's technicians are building on the technology Morgan started. The best description of Morgan was written by Hillary in her July 2003 article in Inc. magazine: "When someone's flaws are also their most defining and most seductive characteristics, you just have to accept the consequences." In addition to Hillary, Morgan has two sons, Din and Max. Hillary's son, Tyron (25), is Morgan's sole grandchild. He and his wife, Judy, now reside in Portland, where they have lived since 1988. If you would like to get in contact with Morgan, he can be reached at thorgne@gmail.com. Written by Lee Kell '61 MORGAN JOHNSON '63: THE INVENTOR Alumnus' Journey from Art to Science Dr. Frederick "Fritz" Fraunfelder '57: The Balanced Man Sigma Phi Epsilon Prepared Him for the Future P rofessor emeritus of ophthalmology, 2016 OHSU School of Medicine Dean's Award, four decades as a distinguished faculty member at OHSU, and founder of the Casey Eye Institute. Dr. Frederick "Fritz" Fraunfelder '57 understands the dedication of being a Balanced Man. Dr. Fraunfelder's rigorous courses made it difficult for him to have much social time; however, SigEp allowed him to achieve both. Some of his favorite memories were the Homecoming games and the firetruck. He continued to explain that these social events have helped him immensely in both his professional and personal life. Dr. Fraunfelder stressed the importance of the Fraternity benefitting him with social situations and professionally. The social skills he obtained at Oregon Beta have greatly helped his networking and connected him with brothers from other schools. A powerful line that Dr. Fraundfelder left with is: "the most important decision to make in life is who you marry, then second most important is profession of occupation." Written by Oliver Saltzman '19, Vice President of Communications - www.oregonsigep.com l @UofOSigEp f Sigma Phi Epsilon - Oregon Beta Chapter i @SigEpUO VISIT OREGON BETA ONLINE

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