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Kanwalnain S. Rekhi, Class of 1969


Mr. Rekhi founded Excelan in 1982 and was named Chief Executive Officer of the company in 1985. A leader in TCP/IP networking technology Excelan became a public company in 1987 and merged with Novell in 1989. Mr. Rekhi became Executive Vice President of Novell Corporation and a member of the Board of Directors. He was named Entrepreneur of the Year in 1987 by the Arthur-Young Venture Magazine. He received the Michigan Tech Board of Control Silver Medal in 1993 and was named to the Board of Advisors to the Michigan Tech President in 1994.