Anthony Adducci

Adducci was born in Chicago, Illinois on August 14, 1937, to Alexander James Adducci and Valeria Maria (Vigna, Bona) Adducci. Adducci's maternal grandfather, Lorenzo Valerio Bona, was Juventus FC forward and Commander and Grand Officer of the Order of the Crown of Italy. Adducci's family originated from the town of Alessandria del Carretto in Italy. In 1951, he graduated from St. Catherine of Genoa Grammar School, in the Roseland neighborhood of Chicago. He attended Saint Mary's University of Minnesota, receiving the BS in Physics in 1959. He pursued additional study in electrical engineering at Illinois Institute of Technology and in business administration at the University of Minnesota. ==Career==

Jensen Manufacturing In 1960, Adducci was employed as an acoustical engineer for the Jensen Manufacturing Company in Chicago, Illinois where he engaged in the design and development of loudspeakers and horns. International Telephone and Telegraph In 1961, he joined International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation in Chicago Illinois where, as a development engineer, he instructed numerous training courses on digital data communication systems and as a senior test engineer directed ITT personnel in electro-interference testing of the Boeing Minuteman (missile) for the Strategic Air Command. He also taught high-level courses to the United States Air Force in Biloxi, Mississippi. While in Chicago in 1963, Adducci worked with a local physician and developed an electronic ear thermometer used to detect the time of ovulation in the human female. He developed an earplug and a recording device that would measure the tympanic temperature and got his wife, who was a nurse, to measure her temperatures, and they were able to predict ovulations. They published a paper in an IEEE journal (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) biomedical area. The first $50,000 capitalization for CPI was raised from a phone booth on the Minneapolis skyway system. They began designing and testing their implantable cardiac pacemaker powered with the world's first longer-life lithium battery in 1971. The first CPI pacemaker was implanted in June 1973. Acquisition and mergers In early 1978, CPI was concerned about a friendly takeover attempt. Despite impressive sales, the company's stock price had fluctuated wildly the year before, dropping from $33 to $11 per share. Some speculated that the stock was being sold short, while others attributed the price to the natural volatility of high-tech stock. As a one-product company, CPI was susceptible to changing market conditions, and its founders knew they needed to diversify. They considered two options: acquiring other medical device companies or being acquired themselves. They chose the latter. Several companies expressed interest in acquiring CPI, including 3M, American Hospital Supply, Pfizer, and Johnson & Johnson. However, Eli Lilly, one of America's premier pharmaceutical companies, was the most enthusiastic suitor. "Lilly had the research expertise, highly compatible interests, and similar values," Anthony Adducci recalls. "At CPI, we haven't been able to dedicate the dollars and time necessary to develop new products beyond our staple lithium-powered pacemaker. Lilly was a $2 billion company. We knew they had tremendous resources, especially in research and development." ==Board of directors==

• Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of St. Paul/Minneapolis • Trustee of Saint Mary's University of Minnesota. • Development Committee of the North American College of Rome • Health Advisory Council of the College of St. Catherine in St. Paul, Minnesota • Horizon Industries (founding director) • Deltec in Arden Hills (founding director) • Check Technology (founding director) • Medical Graphics Corporation in Vandais Heights (founding director) • Dimensional Medicine in Minnetonka (founding director) • Delphax in Minnetonka (founding director) • CAPSULE design in Minneapolis (founding director) • North American Banking Companies (founding director) == Philanthropy ==

Adducci founded The Adducci Family Foundation. A Charitable foundation with a special interest in child abuse, battered woman and special educational programs for the elderly. With donations and support, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota named the science building to Adducci Science Center. ==Honors==

• Induction into the Minnesota Science and Technology Hall of Fame • Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem • Knight in the Order of Malta. • Commander of the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office Community Service Posse. • 2nd degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do Karate • 4th degree black belt in Aikido and founder of the Minnesota Ki Society. • Saint Mary's University Distinguished Alumnus • Saint Mary's University Heritage Award ==Publications==

• "Transient Distortion in Loudspeakers", May–June 1961 • "Ovulation Detection by Internal Cranial Temperature Measurements", January, 1965 ==Held patents==

• PT#: 3822707 Metal-Enclosed Cardiac Pacer with Solid-State Power Source – Image Document • PT#: 3822707 Metal-Enclosed Cardiac Pacer with Solid-State Power Source – Text Document An improved heart pacer including the conventional combination of a pulse generator, electrode means, and electrode leads coupling the pulse generator to the electrodes, wherein the battery power source of the pulse generator is a solid-state battery with a lithium anode and a lithium-iodide electrolyte.(see Wilson Greatbatch, ed.). The pacer structure is enclosed in a hermetically sealed metallic enclosure, with means being provided in the enclosure for passing electrode leads in sealed relationship therethrough. The outer surface of the casing is polished metal and is continuous in all areas. In certain instances, the continuity may be with the exception of the zone through which the external electrode leads pass. ==Personal==

In August 1998 he became the Commander of the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office Community Service Posse in Arizona. Adducci was married to Sandra Gordon. They had three children: Michael, Brian, and Alicia and six grandchildren. Adducci died in Scottsdale, Arizona on September 19, 2006, of Multifocal motor neuropathy at the age of 69. ==Notes==