Edward L. Rossiter II *68

Edward Rossiter, an electrical engineer who spent much of his career in California’s Silicon Valley, died Sept. 13, 2015, after a fierce battle with cancer. He was 77.

Rossiter earned engineering degrees from Stanford: a bachelor’s degree in 1960 and a master’s degree in 1961. Having enrolled in ROTC, he then served as an officer in the Navy for two years prior to the war in Vietnam. In 1968, he was awarded a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Princeton. That same year, he also received an MBA degree from Stanford.

Rossiter began his engineering work in Silicon Valley, doing mathematical analyses and modeling. Later, he worked as a manager of product marketing, overseeing marine, turbomachinery, and industrial product lines. He held such titles as sales engineer for Datastream Corp. and vice president of sales for Wireless Data Corp. He had been an Alumni Schools Committee interviewer for the last six years.

Rossiter is survived by his wife, Lorraine; children Ellie, Ted, Phoebe, and Melissa; and seven grandchildren.

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