Tim Mickelson
Timothy Carl "Tim" Mickelson was a medical electronics executive and an American rower who competed and won medals in the 1972 Summer Olympics, 1974 World Rowing Championships, as well as the 1975 Pan American Games.
He was a 6-year member of the USA rowing team. In 1972 he was a crew member of the USA 8+ boat which placed second at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany. In 1974 he was a crew member of the USA 8+ boat which placed first in the 1974 World Rowing Championships on the Rotsee in Lucerne, Switzerland. In 1975 he was a crew member of the USA 8+ boat which placed first in the 1975 Pan American Games.
He was born in Deerfield, Wisconsin.
Mickelson was a graduate of the University of Wisconsin in Madison, WI where he earned an undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering. Upon graduation, he spent two years in the Army, stationed at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC where he worked as an Environmental Engineer. Following his discharge, he pursued a master's degree in Biomedical Engineering at Dartmouth College and a PhD in Exercise Physiology at Ohio University.
His career began in 1980 as a product manager at Marquette Electronics in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Mickelson worked his way up eventually becoming the President and Chief Operating Officer of the company. Upon leaving Marquette Electronics in 1998, he moved to Seattle, Washington where he was CEO of ATL/Philips Medical – Ultrasound division until his retirement in 2007.
On August 30, 2017, he died of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis at his home outside Seattle, Washington at the age of 68.
