Barbara Kegerreis Lunde

Lunde, the daughter of an electrical engineer, physicist and radiologist, grew up in Elmhurst, Illinois.

[2] After high school, she earned a bachelor's and master's degree in physics at Northwestern University in 1957 and 1959, respectively.

[2][3] After graduation, Lunde was hired at MIT, working on the design of guidance systems for the minuteman missile.

[3] The radio station, KLFM, co-owned with her husband Paul, was built and maintained by Lunde.

[5] In the 1980s, another job emerged from her work in radio, when Lunde started creating underwear to protect wearers from electromagnetic radiation.