After graduating from SUNY Morrisville, George Peterson IV '88 (computer engineering technology) joined the second graduating class of his program. Peterson credits one of his most admired professors, Robert E. Lee, for not only shaping students' technical skills but also honing the non-technical components of students' coursework–specifically spelling and grammar skills. 
 
He also valued RIT's co-op program, which led him to his first job at Telog Instruments, where he worked for 11 years. Peterson was still friends with Telog's owner and considered him a mentor and life coach. Currently, Peterson is an analog field application engineer for Texas Instruments, George assisted electronics companies throughout upstate New York with the design of electronic circuits. He was an active member of RIT's Computer Engineering Technology Industrial Advisory Board. He has worked with Texas Instruments engineering and management teams to recruit RIT students.