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Douglas Hamar

Douglas Hamar

'84

Doug is currently the President amp; CEO of Horner Flooring, The Hamar Group, and CRT amp; Associates. Current responsibilities include leadership of Homer's administrative and specialty sales activities at its facility in Dollar Bay, Michigan. Involvement with The Hamar Group entails strategic direction of an expanding group of floorcovering distribution companies with 17 locations spread across 11 states. Strategic . . .

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Craig Lazzari

Craig Lazzari

'42

Craig Lazzari graduated from Michigan Tech with a BS in Mechanical Engineering with honors, then served in the U.S. Navy in World War II. He began work in 1947 as a project and sales engineer for the Fish Engineering and Construction Corporation. He participated in the engineering and design of the Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Project, the Pacific Northwest Pipeline and various projects for Humble Oil Company, Shell . . .

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William Schierschmidt

William Schierschmidt

'88

William Schierschmidt earned an Associate of Applied Science Degree in Mechanical Design Engineering Technology from Michigan Tech in 1988. The AAS degree from MTU created many opportunities for him starting with being a research and development technician to then design drafting. As an R&D technician, William was given an opportunity to be creative by welding and machining various concepts for automation. After his . . .

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Ray Herner

Ray Herner '53, '54

Ray H. Herner earned his BS degree in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan Tech in 1953 and an MS degree in Mechanical Engineering in1954.  Prior to coming to Michigan Tech, Ray attended Lake Superior State University ("Soo Tech") for two years.  At Tech, Ray received a Teaching Fellowship for Mechanical Engineering.  After graduation he lived and worked in Alpena for 22 years.  His career included working at Abitibi, . . .

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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