Steven V. Czarnecki *83

Steve died Sept. 26, 2024, of pancreatic cancer at age 68 in Endicott, N.Y.

Born in Chicago in 1956, he earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the General Motors Institute (Kettering University) in 1979, and a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Princeton in 1983.

Steve worked at IBM Owego/Lockheed Martin, where he held several patents, and retired in 2013 as the director of advanced technology. He then spent 10 years at Binghamton University as the S3IP Center of Excellence associate director. He then took on a consulting role at Semiconductor Research Corp. (SRC) in Durham, N.C., as the Smart USA membership manager.

Steve is survived by his wife of 42 years, Christine; his siblings, Anita, Paul, and John; and several nieces and nephews.

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