Alumni

Jackie (Hall) Stachowski ’94 chose Michigan Tech after attending a Women in Engineering summer camp which she found with the help of a high school counselor. Her husband of 30 years, Tim Stachowski ’90, whom she met at Tech, is an alumnus. Although she went to camp interested in chemical engineering, she left knowing that she wanted to come back for metallurgical engineering. She says Carl Rundman was her . . .

William J. Bernard, Jr. '69 is tenacity personified. A local boy without resources to afford schooling and living expenses elsewhere, he stayed close to home and worked nearly 40 hours a week while completing his studies. He's been with the same company for more than 40 years, recently ascending to sole owner and CEO. The CEO & Chairman of Surface Combustion, Inc. chose Michigan Tech because he could work year 'round . . .

Dr. Franklin M. St. John. (BS MTU MY 1960, HON PhD MTU 1999). Dr. Franklin St. John is a successful entrepreneur who founded two companies: Jensen Industries, a precious metal manufacturer and later, and HerbaSway Laboratories, a manufacturer of botanical extracts, herbal formulas, and tea. The latter venture occurred after his formal retirement as a metallurgist, a career which began at Pratt amp; Whitney following . . .