John Harrell:
CLASS OF 1976
Madison High SchoolClass of 1976
Madison, OH
Purdue UniversityClass of 1987
West lafayette, IN
Purdue University - KrannertClass of 1984
West lafayette, IN
Woodbury Middle SchoolClass of 1973
Shaker heights, OH
Boulevard Elementary SchoolClass of 1970
Shaker heights, OH
John's Story
Life
I have had many opportunities since MHS. I received 2 degrees from Purdue University, one in Engineering and one in Industrial Management. While in college I continued my outside interests in the outdoors, Mountaineering, Spelunking, X-country skiing, backpacking, etc. In the late 70's and early 80's I had the pleasure of participating in and leading, numerous mountaineering expeditions, including Mt Rainer, winter ascents of the Tetons, and the most challenging, Mt McKinley (Denali) in 1980 where our 5 member group help rescue 2 Czechoslovakians from the mountain. My Engineering experience has given me the opportunity to design systems ranging from pacemakers to the worlds largest oil refinery. I am currently a contract engineer doing specialty projects for numerous companies. In May of 2006 I received my Master o...Expand for more
f Science degree from St. Thomas University in Software Engineering.
I have lived in Minnesota Since 1986. My wife Tracy, Grant (born April 1997), Garrett (born November 1999) and I live in a modest lake front home just north of the Twin Cities. We enjoy travel, canoeing, sitting on the beach, and playing with our children.
My boys are now into hockey, so much of my time is spent driving to and from practice and games. They are both Scouts also, Grant is working on his Eagle rank and has over 125 merit badges.
Workplace
I am currently a contract engineer, I work on a variety of projects, R&D for Biomedical devices, Software Testing, Large control system design(oil ref, drug mfg., atomic power), Analyst, DBA, etc... My major fields are electrical engineering, computer Systems Engineering, and Software engineering.
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