Al Kurtenbach

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Al Kurtenbach
Member of the South Dakota Senate
from the 4th district
In office
January 27, 2004 January 2005
Personal details
Born (1934-01-03) January 3, 1934 (age 88)
Dimock, South Dakota
Political party Republican
Residence Brookings, South Dakota
Professionelectrical engineer

Aelred J. (Al) Kurtenbach (born January 3, 1934) is an American electrical engineer. He was also briefly member of the South Dakota State Senate in 2004. [1]

Kurtenbach is the founder of Daktronics, Inc., based in Brookings, South Dakota. He attended the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, the University of Nebraska and Purdue University. He was also a professor at South Dakota State University. He was awarded an honorary degree from Purdue University in 2011 and one from South Dakota State in 2007. [2] He has been a member of the Brookings School Board, South Dakota Board of Regents, Education Committee for the South Dakota Chamber of Commerce & Industry, South Dakota Enterprise Institute, and the board of the National Association of Manufacturers [3]

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