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William Turunen
'39Bill Turunen joined General Motors in 1939, after graduating from Michigan Tech with a BS in Mechanical Engineering. After four years with the U.S. Army Air Corps from 1942-46 and earning a MS in Mechanical Engineering from Columbia University in 1946, he spent his career in various capacities at the GM research laboratories before retiring in 1979. Beginning as a research engineer, he was promoted to head the mechanical . . .
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Terry Woychowski
'78Terry Woychowski has done so much for so many and is clearly worthy of being the first recipient of the newly established Humanitarian Award. With his immediate family, Terry founded the Woychowski Charitable Foundation, sponsoring a Michigan Tech Senior Design Team to build a "Human-Powered Hammer Mill." He has formed a partnership with the World Hope organization to manufacture these grain processors and deploy . . .
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Divyang Pandit
'69Divyang (Dave) Suresh Pandit was born in Visnagar, Gujarat, India. He earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering at Gujarat University and was employed in Mumbai before a childhood friend who was already enrolled at Michigan Tech contacted him about an opportunity to get his master’s degree. "I had never heard of Michigan Tech or seen a flake of snow," he said. Pandit’s sister was a doctor in Detroit, . . .
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Brian Krinock '85, '85
Brian Krinock is Senior Vice President, Manufacturing amp; Engineering - Vehicle Plants for Toyota Motor North America (TMNA). In his role, Mr. Krinock is responsible for Toyota’s eight vehicle assembly plants that produce over two million vehicles annually with over 30,000 team members. Prior to his current role, Mr. Krinock served as President of Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada, Inc. (TMMC) for five years. . . .

