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Charles Cretors

Charles Cretors

'63

Charlie Cretors earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1963 and began his career with Commonwealth Edison of Chicago. In 1967 he joined his father and brother at C. Cretors and Company, a family business specializing in commercial popcorn machines since 1885. In 1980 he was named President and in 1991 he became sole owner of C. Cretors and Company. Charlie is responsible for the successful . . .

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Merle Potter

Merle Potter

'58, '61

Merle Potter '58 was awarded the American Society of Mechanical Engineers 2008 James Harry Potter (no relation) Gold Medal. Potter received the award "for making a renowned impact on thermodynamics through forty-two years of outstanding teaching and through published textbooks on thermal sciences and applied mathematics, and for research on energy consumption in dwellings and industrial plants." Potter earned a BS . . .

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Dante Iacovoni

Dante Iacovoni

'56, '52

Retired Lindberg General Signal International Marketing BS EMY 1952, MS EMY 1956, MBA 1971 Dante graduated with B.S. & M.S. degrees in Metallurgical Engineering from Michigan Tech in 1952 and 1956. Earned his MBA in 1971 from Western Michigan University. Began career in 1955 at Chrysler Corp.; went on to hold various managerial positions at Lindberg General Signal in Chicago, IL, becoming Vice President in 1975. . . .

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John Hallquist

John Hallquist '74, '72

John Hallquist earned his B.S. in Industrial Engineering, magna cum laude, from Western Michigan University in 1970. He received an M.S. degree in Engineering Mechanics from Michigan Tech in 1972. He continued his advanced education from Michigan Tech and earned a Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Mechanics in 1974. John joined the weapons laboratory at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) . . .

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“He had a finite elements program. I was helping him debug his program, and I didn't really know what I was doing. I kept telling him that. But he would teach me.”Marty Lagina '77 on Bill Predebon, past chair of the ME-EM department