| James A. Klungness, Class of 1949
James Klungness created Klungness Electronic Supply in 1954.
In 1955 he entered another partnership to form Northern
Electronics to develop a cable television system in Iron
Mountain and Kingsford. This enterprise eventually expanded
into six states serving almost 200,000 homes. He then founded
American Microwave & Communications in 1960 to deliver
broadcast signals to remote area cable systems nationwide.
Jim serves on the Michigan Tech Fund Board of Trustees,
is a member of the Michigan Tech President’s Club,
the Second Century Society, and the Hubbell Society.
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