Alumni Resources

While enrolled at Michigan Technological University, Ernie Kemp enrolled in the first class of the Civil Pilot training program. He then became a flight instructor and flew many wartime flights over the Himalayas in World War II. After the war he returned to Michigan Tech and received his B.S. in Geology in 1941. He was then hired to teach geology here. In 1946 he moved to the new Sault Ste. Marie branch of Michigan . . .

Dr. Leann Nitschke M.D. graduated from Michigan Tech in 1984 with a B.S. in Biological Sciences. She and fellow alum, Matthew Nitschke (‘84) married 3 weeks after graduation. They were married for nearly 31 years before Matthew’s passing in 2015. She joined the Army National Guard in 1987, serving as a company commander and assistant state surgeon/acting deputy commander of the state health directorate (IL).  . . .

Dr. Harold S. Jensen, a 1952 civil engineering graduate of Michigan Tech, is Chairman of Metropolitan Structures, a major developer throughout the U.S. and Canada. After serving with the US Army Corps of Engineers in Korea, Hal began his career with Brennan Construction Company. In 1957, he earned an MBA from the Harvard Graduate School of Business. He then moved into urban development work, holding positions with . . .