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Audra Thurston '18 (BS Chemical Engineering) was named to the Fierce Electronics Forty Under Forty list, which honors young leaders advancing innovation in the electronics industry. She is Chief R&D Engineer at Calumet Electronics, where she has worked since 2017.
Posted 05/2025
Paul Brandes '04 (M.S. Geology) was awarded the 2024 Michigan Notable Author award for his book Michigan Rocks! A Guide to Geologic Sites in the Great Lakes State, which takes readers to 56 sites of geologic significance. He is also involved with other similar books and just completed the full-color revision to the Roadside Geology of Texas.
Posted 06/2025
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1960s
Lester E. Hendrickson, PhD '63 '64 (BS MS Metallurgical Engineering)
Lester was recognized by the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State
University for his dedication to ASU's materials science and engineering program with
an endowed award established in his name, the Dr. Lester E. Hendrickson Leadership
& Teaching Excellence Award.
Posted 01/2025
1970s
John Ryder '76 (BS Civil Engineering)
John and a group of Tech alumni who first met in Co-Ed Hall (now McNair Hall) in 1973
reunited in Grand Rapids, Michigan, for a 50-year reunion. The gathering included
Pete Volk '74, Sieg Hein '76, Bill Quade '74, Mark Kuehl, Dave Gustafson '75, Les
Miller '75, Steve Manett '74, and Richard Gady '75.
Posted 01/2025
1980s
Amiee (Larchar) Modic '84 (BS Chemistry)
Amiee has received the 2025 James Bryant Conant Award in High School Chemistry Teaching
from the American Chemical Society. She teaches at Duchesne Academy of the Sacred
Heart in Houston, Texas, and is currently president-elect of the American Association
of Chemistry Teachers. Amiee’s story was featured in Michigan Tech Alumni and Friends Stories.
Posted 05/2025
1990s
Diane Chamberlain Cesarz '94 (BA Scientific & Technical Communication)
Diane was appointed foundation treasurer of the board of trustees for the Delta Zeta
Foundation on July 1, 2024. Her term will run through June 30, 2026.
Posted 01/2025
2000s
Tony Gonzalez '00 (BS Surveying)
Tony has been promoted to partner at Giffels Webster, a Detroit-based civil engineering
firm. With 24 years at the company, he has advanced from survey crew chief to senior
project manager, overseeing land surveys for private and public developments across
Southeast Michigan. A former tight end for Michigan Tech’s football team, Tony now
lives in Sterling Heights with his wife and two daughters.
Posted 02/2025
2010s
Niigaanii-Animikii Inini Kalvin Hartwig '10 (BS Social Sciences, AA Humanities)
Kalvin was cast as the voice actor for Red Leader in the Ojibwe-language dubbing of
Star Wars: A New Hope—the first major Hollywood film to be dubbed in Ojibwe. Kalvin’s involvement in the
project was featured in Michigan Tech Alumni Stories.
Posted 01/2025