Lawrence Joseph Giacoletto (November 14, 1916, in Clinton, Indiana – October 4, 2004, in Okemos, Michigan) was an American electrical engineer and inventor.
[6] After his discharge from military service in 1946 Giacoletto began as a development engineer at the RCA Laboratories in Princeton, New Jersey.
In 1956 he joined the Ford Motor Company in Dearborn, Michigan, where he served as manager of the Electronics Department of Scientific Labs.
[8] Later during the late 60's, 70's and 80's, Giacoletto taught thousands of Electrical Engineering Graduate and Undergraduate students at Michigan State University in East Lansing, MI.
Giacoletto's exams were notoriously difficult and students felt "lucky" to escape his classes with a 1-point (D average).