Frankenstein - 9 yearsold, life restoration by electricity.

My career dream.

Dreamed of a radio and made one from a crystal set. When parents said, “Lights out” I used it in the dark when they thought I was sleeping.

Dreamed of a series ofunderground caves with passageways. Drew plans and dug them with buddies.

Dreamed of an ampli-fier that would add “oomph” to music that had been compressed to records.

Dreamed of trains. Mademodel train from erectorset. Collected trainsthroughout life, including original model fromerector set made at agetwelve.

Dreamed of a robot thatsmoked and wielded a knife, talked and blinked its eyes.

Dreamed of a Kiss-O-Meter.

Dreamed of wildlycomposed photographs.Still have them.

Confirmation - Ministeradvised “Use science to be helpful to people, notharmful.”

Dreamed of an extra goodfactor correction for radarpictures. Designed onefor the Air Force.

Dreamed of a rotary lawnmower before they wereever built.

Dreamed of a telephonesystem. Built one to neighbor’s house across the street to talk with my friend.

Dreamed of home-madeTazer and built one tokeep bullies away.

WWII - Twelve weeks atthe University of Minneso-ta Signal Corps - Air Force, Radar Instructor, Airborne bombing, U of MN BEE

Dreamed of being anelectrical engineer.

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Dreamed of having children who would have happy, healthy, produc-tive lives.

Dreamed of a pacemakerfor children, 1957 - Bluebabies, 4 weeks - 1960developed for adults.

Dreamed of producing a record by the Betty Rydell Trio, “Setting the Place at Paul’s Place.” Produced by EEB Inc.

Dreamed up theArchaeus Project.

Dreamed of interviews with Pioneers in Pacing. The Bakken Museum has the rare collection of videos.

Dreamed of Radio Museum - The Pavek, items from the turn of the century - Educating children in electronics.

Dreamed of makingBakelite records -“Slim Jim and theVagabond Kid.”Only one recording.

Dreamed of annual Holi-day Program that includes patients with Medtronic products.

Dreamed of an organiza-tion called Medical Alley.

Dreamed of the “Mouse-nik” for chronobiology study with Franz Halberg.

Dreamed of heart brainmedicine - whole new field of medicine - and hosted conference in Florida.

Dreamed of the BakkenMuseum and Library -Educating children in science and engineer-ing - History of electricity from the year 1200 A.D. to today.

Dreamed of a MissionStatement - a mission forevery person in thecompany.

Dreamed of a medallionfor Medtronic employees.

Dreamed of the Contin-uum Project - study ofconsciousness.

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Dreamed of starting a newkind of company - repairmedical electronics.Med-Tronic.

Dreamed of expandingMedtronic to the Europeanmarket.

“Dreams have a way of predicting and preceding reality.”- Earl E. Bakken

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Dreamed of The Body Electric: Implantable pump, a product for each area or organ, every 3 seconds, 49,000 employees. From $8 per first month to $17 billion annually.

Dreamed of The BakkenConcept for an InnovativeMethod of Structuring andFinancing a Medical Center - 5 Twin Cities hospitals.

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Dreamed of whale studiesto capture EKG of greywhale.

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The Impossible Dream

To dream the impossible dream,To fight the unbeatable foe,

To bear with unbearable sorrow,To run where the brave dare not go.

To right the unrightable wrong,To love pure and chaste from afar,

To try when your arms are too wearyTo reach the unreachable star,

This is my quest, to follow that star,No matter how hopeless, no matter how far,

To fight for the right without question or pause,To be willing to march into hell

for a heavenly cause.

And I know if I’ll only be true to this glorious quest,That my heart will lie peaceful and calm,

when I’m laid to my rest,

And the world will be better for this,That one man, scorned and covered with scars,

Still strove with his last ounce of courage,To reach the unreachable stars.

Copyright 1965, Words Joe Darion, Music Mitch LeighAndrew Scott Music, Helena Music Company, ASCAP

“I have been driven to use my knowledge and energy to help humankind.”- Earl E. Bakken

Dreamed of dancing. Tooklessons at the Doris Mar-shall studio. Eventually taught lessons.

Dreamed of a radio recep-tion room and build one in both Minneapolis and Hawaii homes.

Dreamed of island life and “retirement” at Kiholo Bay on Hawaii Island - like Kona Village.

Dreamed of Tutu’s House and Earl’s Garage in Waimea.

Dreamed of North Ha-waii Community Hos-pital (NHCH), Blended Medicine, and 67 ways it is different.

Dreamed of a medallion for NHCH employees.

Dream it! Then Do it!

Dreamed of a boat onthe Mississippi River -the “R Wave.”

Dreamed of a seismo-graph to detect earth-quakes - have one in radio room at Kiholo home in Hawaii.

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Dreamed of a house -a home - in an impos-sible spot. “My husband is an engineer, he can make it work.”

Dreamed of a labyrinthfor meditation at NHCH.

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Dreamed of changing the name of the state to Hawaii Nei. Hawaii is the name of our island.

Dreamed of a “FiveMountains” organization - for community healthimprovement on HawaiiIsland.

Dreamed of Health Savings Accounts - reimbursement incentive for people to save money.

Dreamed of a medicalhistory museum - thePaniolo House - 2 vol-umes of oral histories now in print.

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Dreamed of a book about my life - One Man’s Full Life.

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Dreamed of playing ukulele after retirement. Learning to play har-monica.

Dreamed of publicradio repeater station for Waimea 94.7 FM.

Dreamed of alternativeenergy - hydrogen, fuelcell, bio-diesel.

Dreamed of 2020 for Hawaii Island. Life expectancy 120 years.

Dreamed of helping revi-talize traditional Hawaiian navigation. Makalii Canoe and World Wide Voyage with Hokulea.

Dreamed of Heart BrainInstitute - founded with the Cleveland Clinic.

Dreamed of Code Laven-der at NHCH and around the world.

Dreamed of a meetingroom without walls - for meetings and seminars. Hale Hoaloha now open at Mauna Lani Resort.

Dreamed of more engineers and scientists (especially girls) and created several programs for kids in science and technology.

Dreamed of a 2nd book - Dreaming On With Earl Bakken.

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Dreamed of Manifesto for Hawaii Island. End dependence on oil for power, more Science and Tech education, and promote sustainability.

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Dreamed of Heart-Brain center at North Hawaii Community Hospital

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Dreamed of The KohalaCenter - education anduniversity partnerships -Island is “microcosm of the world.”

Dreamed of my own Medtronic parts - two pacemakers, insulin pump, heart stents.

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Dreamed of a world where women lead.

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Dreamed of Heart Brain Summit in Hawaii at Hale Hoaloha. Didn’t dream that a tsunami would cause its cancel-lation.

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Dreamed of a 90th birthday party. Never dreamed Doris would plan such a hugecelebration with family and friends from around the world.

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Dreamed of Living On and Giving On with one’s Extra Life. MDT Philanthropy launches Bakken Invitation.

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Dreamed of solar power for home. Reduce CO2 from 1 ton/day (56 cars) to < 1 ton/month (3 cars). Educational model.

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