School of Engineering
Alumni

Richard Ballantyne

Year Inducted: 2005

Degree: (B.S. 1965; Mechanical Engineering and MBA 1966)

Bio: Richard Ballantyne served, until his retirement in January 2005, as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Harris Corporation, a $3 billion revenue, Melbourne, FL-based communications equipment company. Harris Corporation, which employs 11,000, provides product, system, and service solutions for customers in the microwave, broadcast, secure tactical radio, and government communications markets. Previously, Mr. Ballantyne was Vice President and General Counsel at Prime Computer in Natick, MA. He is admitted to practice before the bars of Florida, Massachusetts and the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office.