sentence: robert s. pepper , b.s. 1957 , m.s. 1959 , ph.d. 1961 -- founder and ceo of level one semiconductor ( acquired by intel for $ 2.11 billion ) kim polese , b.s. 1984 ( biophysics ) -- ceo of software company spikesource ; original product manager of the java at sun microsystems ; co-founder and former ceo of software company marimba ( acquired by bmc software for $ 239 million ) rhea posedel , b.s. ee 1965 -- founder , ceo , and chairman of the board of nasdaq - listed semiconductor testing company aehr test systems lars rasmussen , ph. .