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Herbert (Herb) Fluharty, 62, is a native of Rosebush, Michigan. He and his wife Christine, a native of Hancock, live in Traverse City, Michigan, and Scottsdale, Arizona. They have four children. Fluharty graduated from Tech with a Bachelor's in Civil Engineering in 1965. After working for several years in industry, he and his wife founded Mears Engineering, in Rosebush, in 1970. It started out as civil engineering and surveying firm. Today it specializes in horizontal drilling, which features drilling beneath . . .

Russell Gronevelt’s commitment to Michigan Tech runs long and deep. His service to Tech began as a civil engineering undergraduate, when he was active in the Sigma Rho fraternity and the intra-fraternity council and service on the Student Judiciary. Once settled into his career, he served two terms on the Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) Professional Advisory Committee, and the Executive Committee for the CEE Department's “Educating Graduates of Choice” Campaign. His leadership skills are also reflected by his twelve . . .

Herbert (Herb) Fluharty, 62, is a native of Rosebush, Michigan. He and his wife Christine, a native of Hancock, live in Traverse City, Michigan, and Scottsdale, Arizona. They have four children. Fluharty graduated from Tech with a Bachelor's in Civil Engineering in 1965. After working for several years in industry, he and his wife founded Mears Engineering, in Rosebush, in 1970. It started out as civil engineering and surveying firm. Today it specializes in horizontal drilling, which features drilling beneath . . .

Restoring the Past and Supporting Tech’s FutureRonald Staley, who earned an associate’s degree in civil engineering technology in 1977 and a bachelor’s degree in business administration in 1980, has high praise for Michigan Tech. “I learned how to study hard,” he recalls, “and I remember working hard. I wouldn’t be where I am today without Michigan Tech.” With his dual degree, he says that he was able to understand building construction and such critical business principles as overhead, return on . . .

Brenda O’Brien earned a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from Michigan Tech in 1984.  She continued her education while advancing in her career and will earn a master’s degree in Mathematics from Eastern Michigan University in May 2008. Not your typical student, Brenda was a single parent with two small children when she earned her degree.  Although unable to join clubs or to participate in extracurricular activities, Brenda was able to balance the responsibility of raising a family with the . . .

Mr. Arthur R. Sigel received a Chemical Engineering degree from Michigan Tech in 1965. He was a member of Sigma Rho fraternity and was active with the AIChE Student Chapter. Mr. Sigel joined Goodyear in 1965 as a Process Engineer. In 1969, he joined Michigan Chemical Company. In 1973 he relocated to El Dorado, Arkansas to become plant manager of Michigan’s bromine and brominated products facility. By 1979, he returned to Chicago where he became manager of manufacturing for three . . .

Mr. Smegal received his bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from what was then the Michigan College of Mining and Technology in 1957, and graduated Cum Laude with a Juris Doctor from the George Washington University Law School in 1961. A specialist in providing expert witness testimony in intellectual property disputes, Mr. Smegal has been a frequent lecturer on intellectual property law and litigation at the Center for American and International Law and the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, as . . .

Mr. Charles F. Hansen earned a degree in Chemical Engineering from Michigan Tech in 1965. After graduating, he joined the Grain Processing Corporation in Muscatine, Iowa as a Process Engineer. In 1966, he returned to his native town, Neenah, Wisconsin, as a Chemical Engineer with Kimberly-Clark Corporation. Soon after joining Kimberly-Clark he was transferred to South Carolina, where he participated in the construction and start up of a new tissue manufacturing facility. Subsequently, Mr. Hansen moved into operations, managing the . . .

Dr. Edwin T. Williams received his undergraduate Chemical Engineering degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1939, his master’s in Chemical Engineering from the University of Toronto in 1944, and his Ph. D. from Penn State in 1952. Dr. Williams worked for the Shell Development Company as a Chemical Plant Design Engineer until returning to Penn State as an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering in 1955. He joined Michigan Tech in 1960 as Professor and Department Head of Chemistry and . . .

Mr. James Brozzo graduated from Michigan Tech with a degree in Chemical Engineering in 1953. He joined the Dow Chemical Company immediately after graduation, where he began his career in Technical Service and Development. IN 1961 he moved to the Organic Chemicals Pilot Plants as a Development Engineer and Project Manager. After a short assignment in Economic Evaluation, he was promoted to Superintendent of Market Development Semiplant, and in 1969 supervised the Saran Development Plant. Mr. Brozzo was named section . . .