Earl Bakken

Earl Ethan Bakken (January 10, 1924 – October 21, 2018) was an American engineer, businessman and philanthropist. He founded Medtronic, where he developed the first external, battery-operated, transistorized, wearable artificial pacemaker in 1957.Hebrew University of Jerusalem Institute of Chemistry: Earl E. Bakken 

Bakken retired from Medtronic in 1989 and moved to a 9-acre estate in the Kona District of Hawaii he calls Bakken Hale.

Bakken died at his Hawaii home on October 21, 2018 at the age of 94.

References

Other websites

 Earl Bakken's Website
 The Bakken Museum Homepage

Category:1924 births
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Category:Philanthropists from Minnesota
Category:Businesspeople from Minnesota
Category:Scientists from Minnesota
Category:American electronic engineers