Background
Gateka, Fredrick Alan was born on August 15, 1929 in Chickasha, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Floyd Frederick and Odla Irene (Caldwell) Gateka.
Gateka, Fredrick Alan was born on August 15, 1929 in Chickasha, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Floyd Frederick and Odla Irene (Caldwell) Gateka.
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Oklahoma State University, 1955. Master of Business Administration, California Lutheran College, 1984.
Field engineer Western Electric Company, Long Beach, California, Fort Walton Beach, Florida, Whippany, New Jersey, 1955—1960. Member technical staff Bell Telephone Laboratories, Reading, Pennsylvania, Whippany, New Jersey, 1960—1967. Vice president engineering Semtech Corporation, Newbury Park, California, since 1967.
Member of Rotary International.
Married Helen Jo Bolton, January 28, 1958. Children: Renee, Stephen.