Gregory Hinckley

Gregory Hinckley

Portland State University Board of Trustees Chair

Portland State University

President of Mentor Graphics Corporation, Oregon’s largest tech company, since 1999.  In 2011 named Oregon’s Technology Executive of the Year.  Present and past corporate board positions: S-I Bone, Inc.; Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.; Amkor Technology, Inc.; Intermec Corporation and Super Micro Computer, Inc.  Not-for-profit Boards:  Claremont McKenna College, Portland Opera Association and the advisory board of the College of Engineering and Computer Science at Portland State University.  Education includes a B.A. in mathematics and physics from Claremont McKenna College, a M.S. in applied physics from the University of California, San Diego, and a M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. Studied applied mathematics as a Fulbright Fellow at Nottingham University in England in the late 1960’s and received an honorary professorship in electrical and electronic engineering from the Nottingham University of Ningbo, China in 2013.  Married to Mary Chomenko Hinckley, an artist, and moved from California to Portland in 1997.