President Kennedy awarded Mies the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1963. Marvin Camras 3. Perhaps the best known IIT alumnus, Marvin Camras started his remarkable career in magnetic recording when he was a junior in electrical engineering. His interest in recording sound came about because of his cousin's wish to be an opera singer. He asked Marv if there were an inexpensive way to record and play back his own voice.
Magnetic recording is actually an old art.
He earned 500 patents in advancing this technology, which are the bases for audio and video recording and computer data storage. He is commonly known as the father of magnetic recording. His curiosity had few boundaries. He took an M.S. degree in electrical engineering at the same time that he was revolutionizing a major part of that discipline. He took night courses in biology, chemistry, physics, social science and political science.