HOUGHTON--David L. House, chairman of computer giant Bay Networks Inc., will be presented with an honorary doctorate degree in electrical engineering during spring commencement ceremonies at Michigan Tech University on May 23.
A 1965 Michigan Tech B.S. graduate in electrical engineering, House went on to receive his M.S. in electrical engineering from Northeastern University and later spent 20 years with Intel.
A key player at Intel, House served as General Manager of the Microcomputer Components Group, as a Corporate Senior Vice President and head of Intel's Architecture, Marketing, and Applications Group, as Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy, and also as Senior Vice President and General Manager of Intel's Enterprise Server Group.
House left Intel in 1996 to become Chairman, President, and CEO of Bay Networks Inc., a computer networking equipment company based in California.
Since House came to Bay, its earnings rose from a $167 million loss for fiscal year 1997 to a positive $89 million for only the first half of 1998. After he taught his own "House Training" classes in management skills to employees, turnover has nearly dropped in half.
In 1991, House was named as a Top 25 executive for the second time by Computer Reseller News Magazine, and in May 1997, he was named among Forbe's Magazine's "America's Most Powerful People."
House was given a Michigan Tech Board of Control Silver Medal in 1992 and served on the MTU National Advisory Board for 1995-6. A member of the President's Club, House also belongs to Eta Kappa Nu, an honorary electrical engineering fraternity.