Alumni

Lawrence Laurich earned the degrees Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from Michigan Technological University in 1965 and 1966, respectively. As an undergraduate at Michigan Tech, Larry earned eight varsity letters and served as co-captain of the basketball and track teams in his senior year. After graduation he joined IBM and worked his way up through the Systems Development Division . . .

Deborah See earned a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering with a minor in Computers in 1989. She is currently a project manager at Extreme Technologies in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Extreme Technologies creates and manufactures V.I.O. point of view video cameras. After graduation from Michigan Tech, Deb started her career as a firmware engineer for the Cellular Base Station division of Motorola in Arlington Heights . . .

When Robert Sherman heard he'd be working on the Manhattan Project, he thought, "Good. I'll be in New York City."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.He got his orders while stationed in Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, in the US Army Signal Corps . . .

Alumnus: Of Ships and Stewardship When he was young, Tom Chamberlain aspired to be financially successful. He has done so and attributes the achievement to hard work, an eye for opportunity, never backing down from a challenge, and a Tech education. He is grateful for that schooling yet. "Tech made me a success," he says. "I need to give back for the foundation Tech gave me. We all have to do that." He has done so generously . . .