Ikola 7301

Justice Raymond Ikola was born and grew up in Ishpeming, Michigan, a small town in the Upper Peninsula. He was interested in science and math, and was a radio amateur, so he chose electrical engineering as his major at the University of Michigan. After graduating, he got a job at RCA Laboratories in Princeton, New Jersey and later earned a PhD in engineering. After eight years, he decided to make a career change and went to UC Hastings in San Francisco to study law. He was interested in estate planning and eventually became a judge in the Fourth District Court of Appeal in Santa Ana.