Linda J Marincel
As one of seven female graduates from the University of Minnesota Institute of Technology (now the University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering) in June 1970, I want to encourage and enable women to pursue education in the technical and engineering fields that have been traditionally dominated by men. I was a recipient of scholarships my freshman and
senior years and would like to help future female students enter these fields of study.
I received a Bachelor of Mathematics degree (there was no computer science degree in those days) from the engineering school and went on to work at AT&T doing computer system development work and worked my way from computer programmer to manager earning an MBA from Rockhurst College in Kansas City, Missouri along the way.
After The Bell System breakup in 1984 I accepted a buy out (10 months pay and a deferred pension) to leave AT&T after 17 years with the plan to take a year off work before continuing to pursue my career. I enjoyed my freedom from employment and found I could live on much less money and support myself with stock market investments, part time employment, and a
part time business. All of these endeavors, supported by my education, have enabled me to live a life of freedom. I am now fully retired and living in Utah to enjoy the skiing and mountain environment.
In my estate plan I would like to support scholarships for women to pursue their goals in the engineering fields and encourage them to use their talents to advance women in the areas of business and technology with the goal of gender equality in pay and recognition in the future.
