Tom Bruggere (born February 18, 1946, in Berkeley, California[1]) is an American entrepreneur and onetime candidate for the U.S. Senate in the state of Oregon. He founded the company Mentor Graphics and has been involved with several other startup companies.
Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics, University of California, Santa Barbara (1968);[1] Masters of Science in Computer Science, University of Wisconsin (1972); Masters of Business Administration, Pepperdine University (1975).
Tom Bruggere was born in Berkeley, California.[1][2] He stated of his early life that he "grew up with a picture of Jack and Bobby Kennedy over [his] bed."[3]
Bruggere founded Mentor Graphics, a Tektronix spinoff,[5] in 1981. A 1991 article in Oregon Business magazine stated: "One of [Tektronix'] main contributions to Oregon has been the many companies that spun off from former employees," citing the success of Bruggere and a number of other creative former Tektronix employees with Mentor Graphics as the prime example.[6] He was one of the people credited with founding the Oregon Center for Advanced Technology Education and served as chairman of the center in the early 2000s.[7][8] Mentor Graphics is credited with having established the industry of electronic design automation.[6] He resigned as president and CEO in October 1993, and was succeeded in both roles by Wally Rhines.[9] Upon leaving Mentor Graphics, he cited a desire "to do something else, something in public policy."[3]
Bruggere won the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate seat vacated by the retiring Mark Hatfield in 1996. Spending $800,000 of his own money in the primary race,[10] he was one of 134 candidates for the U.S. Congress to finance their own elections in excess of $50,000 in that cycle.[11]
Bruggere's Republican opponent, Gordon Smith, was also heavily self-financed, having spent $2.5 million of his own money earlier that same year in an unsuccessful effort to defeat Democrat Ron Wyden in the special election to replace Bob Packwood, who had resigned.[10]
In the general election race, most Oregon daily newspapers endorsed Smith over Bruggere.[12] Bruggere lost a close election to Smith, with neither side claiming victory for several days after the election, when absentee ballots were tallied.[13]
Further business venturesedit
Bruggere was the founding Chairman of Stamps.com and Sensoria.[14] He resigned from the Stamps.com board in October 2000.[15][16]
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Tom Bruggere born February 18 1946 in Berkeley California 1 is an American entrepreneur and onetime candidate for the U S Senate in the state of Oregon He founded the company Mentor Graphics and has been involved with several other startup companies Thomas BruggereBorn 1946 02 18 February 18 1946 age 78 1 Berkeley California U S 1 EducationBachelor of Arts in Mathematics University of California Santa Barbara 1968 1 Masters of Science in Computer Science University of Wisconsin 1972 Masters of Business Administration Pepperdine University 1975 Occupation s computer software and engineeringKnown forfounder of Mentor Graphics 1 Political partyDemocratic Contents 1 Early life 2 Leadership of Mentor Graphics 3 1996 U S Senate race 4 Further business ventures 5 ReferencesEarly life editTom Bruggere was born in Berkeley California 1 2 He stated of his early life that he grew up with a picture of Jack and Bobby Kennedy over his bed 3 He has a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics from the University of California Santa Barbara a Masters of Science in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin and a Masters of Business Administration from Pepperdine University 4 He served in the Army in the Vietnam War from 1968 to 1970 1 4 Prior to running for office he served on several government boards including the Oregon State Board of Higher Education 4 Bruggere was an engineer with Burroughs Corporation Medium Systems Plant in Pasadena California in the early to mid 1970s then with Tektronix Inc in the late 1970s He is Protestant 1 Leadership of Mentor Graphics editBruggere founded Mentor Graphics a Tektronix spinoff 5 in 1981 A 1991 article in Oregon Business magazine stated One of Tektronix main contributions to Oregon has been the many companies that spun off from former employees citing the success of Bruggere and a number of other creative former Tektronix employees with Mentor Graphics as the prime example 6 He was one of the people credited with founding the Oregon Center for Advanced Technology Education and served as chairman of the center in the early 2000s 7 8 Mentor Graphics is credited with having established the industry of electronic design automation 6 He resigned as president and CEO in October 1993 and was succeeded in both roles by Wally Rhines 9 Upon leaving Mentor Graphics he cited a desire to do something else something in public policy 3 1996 U S Senate race editSee also United States Senate election in Oregon 1996 Bruggere won the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate seat vacated by the retiring Mark Hatfield in 1996 Spending 800 000 of his own money in the primary race 10 he was one of 134 candidates for the U S Congress to finance their own elections in excess of 50 000 in that cycle 11 Bruggere s Republican opponent Gordon Smith was also heavily self financed having spent 2 5 million of his own money earlier that same year in an unsuccessful effort to defeat Democrat Ron Wyden in the special election to replace Bob Packwood who had resigned 10 In the general election race most Oregon daily newspapers endorsed Smith over Bruggere 12 Bruggere lost a close election to Smith with neither side claiming victory for several days after the election when absentee ballots were tallied 13 Further business ventures editBruggere was the founding Chairman of Stamps com and Sensoria 14 He resigned from the Stamps com board in October 2000 15 16 He has also served on the boards of Will Vinton Studios OpenMarket and Sirigen and on the advisory boards of Mercy Corps 14 and of the Technology Management Program at UCSB 2 As of 2011 he was part of the management team of 13therapeutics a biotech spin off of the Oregon Health amp Science University OHSU 17 References edit a b c d e f g h A GUIDE TO THE CONGRESSIONAL RACES OREGON Time Magazine 1996 11 04 Archived from the original on November 6 2010 Retrieved 5 March 2010 a b TMP Advisory Board www tmp ucsb edu Archived from the original on 2005 01 14 a b Bruner Richard March 4 1996 Mentor founder has designs on Senate seat Electronic News Vol 42 no 2106 p 10 a b c Oregon State Library Digital Collection Voters Pamphlet May 1996 statement Mapes Jeff February 8 1996 Bruggere is latest to aim his wallet at political office The Oregonian a b Eisler Gary February 1991 High tech zigzags through the decade Oregon Business Vol 14 no 2 p 42 Tom Bruggere The Oregonian March 1 2001 p Southwest Zoner 5 Kinsey Hill Gail July 3 1996 Running on Education The Oregonian p B07 Young Lewis H September 1997 Redesigning Mentor Graphics Electronic Business Today Vol 23 no 9 p 80 a b Wilkie Curtis October 1 1996 Dignified contest slips a bit Race for Senate takes lower road into negativism The Boston Globe Cass Connie July 21 1996 More and more candidates financing own campaign The Seattle Times Most Oregon dailies pick Smith over Bruggere The Columbian November 3 1996 The Associated Press November 9 1996 GOP holds Oregon Senate seat Tycoon wins close race to succeed Hatfield The Chicago Tribune a b Advisory Committee Mercy Corps www mercycorps org Archived from the original on 2009 04 17 Buy Postage Online Print USPS Stamps and Shipping Labels Is the Postage About Due at Stamps com InternetNews com www internetnews com Archived from the original on 2011 06 04 Company 13Therapeutics website Party political officesPreceded byHarry Lonsdale Democratic nominee for U S Senator from Oregon Class 2 1996 Succeeded byBill Bradbury Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Tom Bruggere amp oldid 1208841559, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
