Alumni Resources

Paul Swift earned a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan Tech in 1933 and attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business amp; Engineering. After nine years of working as a corporate industrial engineer for Carnegie Steel and F.V. Gardner, he returned home to Houghton to join the family hardware business. He worked as a partner in the I.E. Swift Company, with his father and uncle, and then became . . .

Bruce Barna first came to Michigan Tech as a student in 1964 while it was still the Michigan College of Mining and Technology. He received BS and MS degrees in Chemical Engineering from MTU and a PhD from New Mexico State University. He worked for Reynold’s Aluminum in Oregon, Enjay (now Exxon) in New Jersey, and Kalamazoo Spice Extraction (Kalsec) in Michigan. Bruce was recruited by Dr. John Patton, the lead faculty . . .

Dave Chaudier ’93 has a four-part approach to work: "Don’t fear failure, don’t let anything surprise you, learn from your mistakes, and don’t put up with anyone’s negativity." As the vice president of operations at St. Luke’s Medical Center, the largest hospital in Wisconsin’s Aurora Healthcare system, Chaudier applies this pragmatic philosophy to leading the cardiac, surgical, . . .