Rev. Alexander Sample '82, '84
A Michigan Tech alumnus ('82) has become the youngest Catholic bishop in the nation. The Rev. Alexander Sample, 45, is the twelfth bishop of the Diocese of Marquette. The first was the beloved Jesuit priest, Bishop Frederic Baraga, who served from 1853 until his death in 1868.
Cythia Schafer '08
The 2008 graduate has a keen sense of conservation, and, she avows, "I'm going to try to live as long as I can without a car. "A native of Minnesota, Schafer graduated in May with a bachelor's degree in environmental engineering. She loves "the ecological part of engineering."
Kristin Schourek (Raisanen) '03
Kristin Schourek earned a bachelor's degree in Art Education from Wayne State University in 1973 and returned home to Hancock, Michigan, to begin a career as a public school teacher. Throughout her career, she engaged in graduate course work at Michigan Tech and was one of the first three graduate students to receive a master's in Applied Science Education in 2003.
James Schwerin '87
Alums Team up to Engineer a Better Beer
Chas Thompson '91, computer science, had a good reason for becoming a brewer. "I was thirsty," he says, pouring beers from the Schmohz Brewery counter at the recent Grand Rapids alumni tailgate party. Jim Schwerin '87, owner and brewer at Schmohz (pronounced shmoes), had a similar reason. "I couldn’t find a beer I liked," he says.
Laurie Schwerin '87
Alums Team up to Engineer a Better Beer
Chas Thompson '91, computer science, had a good reason for becoming a brewer. "I was thirsty," he says, pouring beers from the Schmohz Brewery counter at the recent Grand Rapids alumni tailgate party. Jim Schwerin '87, owner and brewer at Schmohz (pronounced shmoes), had a similar reason. "I couldn’t find a beer I liked," he says.
Robert Sherman '44
Michigan Tech alumnus Robert Sherman joined the Manhattan Project in Los Alamos. He designed and built equipment used during the test of "the gadget" - the plutonium bomb detonated in 1945 over the New Mexico desert.
"One day, I was at the movies, and a sign appeared on the screen with my name, along with the names of a few other people, saying to report to the commanding officer."
Moussa Sissoko '04
Selected as a Modern-Day Technology Leader in the 22nd Annual Black Engineer of the Year Award, he received the award in Baltimore this February. Modern-Day Technology Leaders are people of color who are shaping the future of engineering, science, and technology through outstanding performance and achievements that merit national recognition.
Dr. Matthew Songer (M.D.) '79
Dr. Matthew N. Songer has distinguished himself as both an orthopedic spine surgeon and an entrepreneur. Songer earned a bachelor's degree in biological sciences from Michigan Tech in 1979; a doctor of medicine from the University of Illinois, Chicago in 1983, where he also completed his orthopedic residency in 1988; and a spinal surgery fellowship at Northwestern University in 1989.
John Soyring '76,
John Soyring provides global business leadership for a multi-billion dollar annual revenue portion of the IBM software business. This role includes functional leadership for strategy, research & development, marketing & sales, business development, product support, and services related to the IBM offerings...
Dennis Staley '57
Dennis Staley '57 was the first in his family to attend college. He chose Michigan Tech, and he's never regretted the decision.
This man of few words sums up his Tech education as excellent, his guiding philosophy as honesty, and the key to his success being hard work.