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Earl Bakken
American engineer, inventor, and holistic healthcare promoter (1924–2018)
Earl Elmer Bakken (January 10, 1924 – October 21, 2018) was an American engineer, inventor, businessman and philanthropist of Dutch and Norwegian American ancestry.
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He founded Medtronic, where he developed the first external, battery-operated, transistorized, wearable artificial pacemaker in 1957.[1][2]
Early life and education
Bakken was born on January 10, 1924, in Columbia Heights, Minnesota and was of Norwegian ancestry.
Bakken had a long-held fascination with electricity and electronics. A self-described "nerd", Bakken designed a rudimentary electroshock weapon in school to fend off bullies. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering in 1948 from the University of Minnesota.
His electrical engineering education continued, and he obtained a Master's degree with a minor in mathematics, also from the University of Minnesota.[1]