Donald Bilger:  

CLASS OF 1975
Brookfield, WI
Stanford, CA
East lansing, MI

Donald's Story

Life I'm happily married to my college sweetheart, whom I met at Michigan State in 1978. We have four children. As of this writing (August 2019), our oldest son, age 34, is a computer scientist at Fiat Chrysler Automotive (FCA), responsible for CAN data messaging on all electrified powertrains. He earned a black belt in Tae Kwon Do (Korean karate) at age 13, played trombone and baritone, and worked on student council during his high school years. His brother, age 30, played football at Albion College (NCAA Division III) and was a multi-sport athlete in high school, wrestling and doing shot put in addition to football. He teaches high school social studies and coaches football and lacrosse. He's married and the father of a two-year-old girl and a baby boy. Their sister, age 28, earned a degree in English and works as a copy editor at a large mortgage lender. The youngest, age 23, double-majored in biochemistry and Latin at the University of Michigan and is currently in his second year of veterinary school at The Ohio State University. He's a reptile specialist, a volunteer with a greyhound rescue group, and a student of veterinary pathology. I earned my bachelor's ...Expand for more
degree in electrical engineering at Michigan State in 1979 and an MSEE at Stanford in 1980. My first job out of college was with Bell Labs in Massachusetts, where I worked for five years. My wife and I moved back to the Midwest in 1984, and after working for five years in the data networking and mass storage industries, I joined the Ford Motor Company in 1989. I've had an interesting and varied career at Ford that included working on the company's first electric vehicle production program. I'm still active in music after all these years, playing trombone in a community orchestra and a college band and euphonium in a community band and accepting pick-up gigs from time to time. I'm also active in the audio hobby, collecting recordings, upgrading my system and editing a newsletter for the audio club at work. My wife and I are empty-nesters, but we do share our house with two Boxer dogs, a garter snake, four turtles, and a small tank of fish. I don't visit this site often enough to justify spending money on a gold membership, but you can e-mail me at bilgerfamily_at_sbcglobal_dot_net. Just sub in the proper characters for the _at_ and the _dot_ and you'll be good to go.
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