Vollum
Vollum is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Gerd Vollum (1920–2009), Norwegian politician *Howard Vollum (1913–1986), American engineer, scientist and philanthropist See also *Vollum Institute, a research institute in Portland, Oregon, United States *Vollum strain The Vollum strain is one of the 89 known strains of the anthrax bacterium (''Bacillus anthracis''). It is named Vollum after Roy Vollum, the Canadian-born bacteriologist who first isolated it from a cow in Oxford, England. The "Vollum 14578" strai ...

Howard Vollum
Charles Howard Vollum (May 31, 1913 – February 5, 1986) was an American electronics engineer, businessman, and philanthropist in Oregon, United States. He was the co-founder of Tektronix Corporation, and endowed the Vollum Institute. Background Howard Vollum was born on May 31, 1913, in Portland, Oregon. He attended Portland's Catholic Columbia University (now University of Portland) from 1931 to 1933, then transferred to Reed College in 1934, where, in 1936, he received a Bachelor of Arts in Physics. His undergraduate thesis was the creation of a new kind of cathode-ray oscilloscope. Upon graduation from college, he spent several years servicing and installing radios and experimenting with electronic devices. From 1940 to 1941 he was Supervisor of the Radio Project, National Youth Administration, in Portland. Vollum served as an officer in the United States Army Signal Corps (United States Army), Signal Corps from 1942 to 1946, serving in England and New Jersey on art ...
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Vollum Institute
The Vollum Institute is an independent research institute located in Marquam Hill Campus of the Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) in southwest Portland, Oregon, USA. The institute is closely affiliated with the School of Medicine and many other the universities nearby. Establishment The institute was founded in 1987, and is a privately endowed organization named after Howard Vollum, a pioneer in the development of oscilloscopes and the co-founder of Tektronix. The research support for the faculty comes from the National Institutes of Health, federally sponsored programs, and also from the private funds of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the endowment created by Howard Vollum, which is controlled by the Oregon Health and Science University Foundation. The institute's building was designed by Robert Frasca of Zimmer-Gunsul-Frasca, and the 67,000 square foot structure was completed in 1987. In 1988, the institute received the Laboratory of the Year award from th ...
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Gerd Vollum
Gerd Vollum (18 July 1920 – 1 July 2009) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. She served as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway from Akershus during the term 1973–1977. In total she met during 40 days of parliamentary session. References 1920 births 2009 deaths Deputy members of the Storting Labour Party (Norway) politicians Akershus politicians Women members of the Storting 20th-century Norwegian women politicians 20th-century Norwegian politicians {{Norway-politician-1920s-stub ...
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