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Alumni Focus

Melvin Visser

Melvin Visser

'59

1938—2021 "Enjoy what you are doing. We are here to serve. Those who have gained knowledge and experience are obligated to share it with others in a beneficial manner." Those are the words from Melvin Visser, this year’s Distinguished Alumni Award recipient. Visser, who graduated with a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Michigan Tech in 1959, says the post-World War II hype "better things . . .

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Frank Pavlis

Frank Pavlis

'38

1916—2018 Frank Pavlis got his first lesson in leadership before he started grade school. "I had the good fortune to be born on a farm," he tells the inaugural group of Michigan Tech students enrolled in the Pavlis Institute for Global Technological Leadership. It was harvest time, and his mother needed to be out with his father bringing in the crops. She had three very young children, but her four-year-old son, . . .

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James Crowder

James Crowder

'63

Mr. James C. Crowder, a native of Eau Claire, Michigan, earned a degree in Chemical Engineering from Michigan Tech in 1963. While at Michigan Tech, he served as president of the AIChE Student Chapter and was a member of Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity. He joined Grain Processing Corporation after graduation in 1963. He worked in several areas of the company, including business development, production, engineering, environmental . . .