BS ChE 1955 - CBEE
After spending 15 years in various chemical engineering positions in California, Pete Johnson went to work for Evans Products in Corvallis, ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ and managed the production unit as well as designing new battery separator manufacturing plants. In 1980, he launched a venture with his own patented idea for making battery separators. Pete is the founder and owner of Tekmax Inc., a worldwide leader in battery plate enveloping and automatic transfer equipment. He holds 12 patents on various machine components, and every battery maker in the U.S. uses his patented method. Pete and his wife Rosalie established the Linus Pauling Chair in Chemical Engineering in 1997. They have also established a very generous scholarship program at OSU. Johnson is a member of the Chemical Engineering Advisory Board and was previously inducted to the OSU Academy of Distinguished Engineers in 1998.