Category: Alumni

A Message from Your Class Reunion Chair

Michigan Tech campus from the air

Alumni Reunion 2020 begins Thursday, August 6, with virtual content being posted on the reunion website. While this is not the way we would have liked to hold reunion, the Alumni Engagement staff has put together some fun content for us to see what’s going on at Tech and rekindle those memories of the Copper Country.

Be sure to log on to our Class of 1965 page and comment at the bottom of the page to share a memory or share what you’re up to now.

Also, if you haven’t contributed to our class gift effort yet, please consider doing so. Gifts of any amount to any area of campus will help current students and show what Michigan Tech means to us.

I look forward to interacting with you during our virtual reunion. Congrats on reaching this 55-year milestone!

Sincerely

Paul Fernstrum
Class of 1965 Reunion Chair


Main Reunion Page

Class of ’65 Gift Effort

Michigan Tech campus from the air

It is a long-standing Michigan Tech tradition for the honored Reunion classes to have a friendly gift competition. Help show everyone that your class cares the most. Members of the Class of 1965 are invited to make a contribution in support of the reunion gift program and to honor all that we have achieved.

  • Class donations to date: $201,275.20
  • Members donating: 59 (12.6%)

Honor Roll

All Class of 1965 members who give toward the Class Reunion Gift effort will be included on the class honor roll, but there will be a special emphasis placed on the Class of 1965 Endowed Scholarship Fund.

New gifts made between July 1, 2019, and the end of reunion (August 8, 2020)—no matter the size or designation—are counted in the reunion gift total.

Gifts can be made by mail, by phone, or online. Multiyear pledges (up to five years) are also encouraged, as the entire pledge amount will be included in the project total.

The honor roll is updated periodically. If you have made a gift and your name is not yet on the list, please email us or call 906-487-2400.

Dan M. Ala
Alfred H. Alatalo
James M. Allen
Joseph S. Bartus
Gerald R. Benedict
James C. Bolthouse
James A. Brosio, P.E.
Royce G. Bunce
Wayne A. Camilli
Walter S. Cebulak
Richard L. Contardi
Stephen C. Cook
Elaine F. Crouter
Robert B. Cummings
Bruce G. Davey
Michael K. DeJonge
Dale W. Dietz
Herbert L. Eldredge
Paul W. Fernstrum
Robert J. Fitzgibbon
Jeffrey L. Floria
Robert J. Frank
John C. Garland
Charles W. Gaskill
Krishan D. Gupta
David E. Hackett
Richard H. Hammar
Thomas M. Healy
Paul R. Heintz
Richard C. Honkonen
June M. Hoogenboom

David L. House
Robert J. Hughes
Dean H. Hyrkas
Dr. Allan M. Johnson
William A. Jones Jr
Oliver O. Kingsbury
David Y. Kokko
Denis M. Labelle P.E.
Dr. Roger W. Liska
Terrence C. Maki
George F. Manninen
John W. McCombs
Gary F. Millsaps
James A. Mitchell
Clay D. Reno
William C. Riegel
Neil E. Robb
Dr. Joseph L. Roti Roti
Dr. Michael M. Shea
Robert E. Sloat
Sharon L. Suppelsa
Dale A. Van Wulfen
Franklin V. Vresk
Larry B. White
Helmuth Wilden, P.E., FPCI
Robert J. Wise
Wade D. Wood
Michael C. Young

Updated August 4, 2020


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Cool Hobbies

Many Michigan Tech alumni live by the mantra of “work hard, play hard.” That can lead to some pretty amazing hobbies. Here are a couple we recently heard about.

• Daniel Madrid ’10 (Computer Network and Systems Administration) creates works of art with wood including 3D puzzles. One of his pieces is a 3D puzzle of the Portage Lake Lift Bridge.

Portage Lake Lift Bridge 3D Puzzle by Dan Madrid

• Gary Johnson ’66 (Mechanical Engineering) is a retired engineer and an accomplished water color painter. He has produced hundreds of works including this one titled “Shadows from a Bygone Era,” which won the Bronze Award at the Mid-Southern Watercolorists exhibition in Little Rock, Arkansas, last spring. You can view a guest blog he’s written here.

Shadows from a Bygone Era by Gary Johnson

What’s Your Hobby?
Whether it’s art or something else entirely, what hobby do you have? Let us know by commenting below.

What You Said About Tech in January…..

From “Tech/UP Pride” on Facebook

“For years I had MITECHU as my plate here in NC” – Bill H.

“I have my Michigan Tech Alumni frame around my NC plate.” – Richard H.

“Going to have to look into a custom plate for Tech now that I’m in SC! Awesome” – Denise L.

From “Broomball: A Tech Tradition” on Alumni News

“I started at Tech in fall of 1982, and I played plenty of broomball in those years!” – Wendy E.

“I started at Tech in the fall of ’86, and I remember playing broomball then, in organized leagues. It may not have been for Winter Carnival, tho.” – Chris B.

“Broomball was a Winter Carnival competition in the late 1960’s. I know because I was the goalie on the winning team in 67 or 68. We won the “championship game” in a shootout. It was played on the ice at Dee Stadium with brooms tightly taped with black hockey tape. My broom, with date carved into the handle, was taken home as a keepsake and thrown out by my mother as ‘trash'” – Rich S.

“Played in ‘86 through ‘90 on teams made up of people from our dorm (go DHH!). Rink was where the Rosa Center is now. Still have the jersey. Only real rules at the time was how many inches of bristles needed to show below the duct tape on your broom. That and no using it as a bat against other players. Was pretty rough but a lot of fun.” – Todd A.

From “Winter Carnival/Alumni Broomball” on Facebook

“Would love to. We summer in Houghton and winter in Florida…..always enjoyed carnival” – Steve C.

Class of ’60 Gift Effort

Michigan Tech campus from the air

It is a long-standing Michigan Tech tradition for the honored Reunion classes to have a friendly gift competition. Help show everyone that your class cares the most. Members of the Class of 1960 are invited to make a contribution in support of the reunion gift program and to honor all that we have achieved.

  • Class donations to date: $1,109,502.84
  • Members donating: 62 (13.9%)

Honor Roll

All class of 1960 members who give toward the Class Reunion Gift effort will be included on the class honor roll, but there will be a special emphasis placed on the Class of 1960 Endowed Scholarship Fund.

New gifts made between July 1, 2019, and the end of reunion (August 8, 2020)—no matter the size or designation—are counted in the reunion gift total.

Gifts can be made by mail, by phone, or online. Multiyear pledges (up to five years) are also encouraged, as the entire pledge amount will be included in the project total.

The honor roll is updated periodically. If you have made a gift and your name is not yet on the list, please email us or call 906-487-2400.

Noel J. Alarie
Henry A. Black Jr
Jerald A. Blumberg
Roger E. Bokeny
George S. Brunner
Margaret M. Buchmann
David R. Courtney, Jr
Thomas R. Forsch
Gary B. Fort
Phillip V. Frederickson
David L. Funston
Arthur R. Garfield P.E.
James A. Gottstine
Kenneth L. Graesser
Gary C. Hammond
John E. Hansen
Ronald O. Harma
Edwin A. Heribacka
Anna M. Hradel
Thor A. Jackola
Dr. Joe A. Jenney
Leonard A. Johnson
Thomas E. Joiner, P.S. & P.E.
Marlene C. Jordan
Peter R. Kamarainen
Elgin J. Karklins
Dr. C. Daniel Kealy
John S. Kirby
John M. Kosiancic
Raymond G. Latvala
Adele M. Liimatta
William J. Lubitz

Frederick F. Maki
William D. Maki
William J. Millar
Jon A. Neely
Dr. Michael E. O’Neill
Allan D. Pedersen
John A. Petrusha
Stanley C. Rajala
William A. Redman
Robert H. Richards
Ross E. Roeder
Daniel M. Romes P.E.
Delmar J. Scelonge
Thomas W. Schmucker
Bruce C. Sdunek
Joyce L. Shelso
Dr. Richard B. Sher
Dr. Thomas C. Simonen
James E Sorenson
Daniel A. Stock
Frederick A. Subosits
Andrew Tczap
Anton B. Usowski
Daniel E. Walls
Franklin P. Weigold
George B. Whitman
Richard H. Wibbelmann
Robert A. Wickman
Clayton R. Willman

Updated August 4, 2020


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Class of ’60 Stats and Facts

Michigan Tech campus from the air

  • Top 3 Majors: ME-EM 24%, Civil Engineering 19%, EE 18%
  • 1959 – Two buses brought fifty-two women to Michigan Tech for the Winter Carnival Sno-Ball. A tradition begins.
  • 1959 – Harold Meese is named Dean of Students (a post he held until 1983)
  • 1960 – The Sheldon Heights (Lower Daniell Heights) Apartments were opened for married students.

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A Message from Your Class Reunion Chair

Dear Class of 1960

Alumni Reunion 2020 begins Thursday, August 6, with virtual content being posted on the reunion website. While this is not the way we would have liked to hold reunion, the Alumni Engagement staff has put together some fun content for us to see what’s going on at Tech and rekindle those memories of the Copper Country.

Be sure to log on to our Class of 1960 page and comment at the bottom of the page to share a memory or share what you’re up to now.

Also, if you haven’t contributed to our class gift effort yet, please consider doing so. Gifts of any amount to any area of campus will help current students and show what Michigan Tech means to us.

I look forward to interacting with you during our virtual reunion. Congrats on reaching this 60-year milestone!

Sincerely,

Ron Harma
Class of 1960 Reunion Chair


Main Reunion Page

Class of ’95 Gift Effort

Michigan Tech campus from the air

It is a long-standing Michigan Tech tradition for the honored Reunion classes to have a friendly gift competition. Help show everyone that your class cares the most. Members of the Class of 1995 are invited to make a contribution in support of the reunion gift program and to honor all that we have achieved.

  • Class donations to date: $34,562.50
  • Members donating: 57 (3.3%)

Honor Roll

All class of 1995 members who give toward the Class Reunion Gift effort will be included on the class honor roll.

New gifts made between July 1, 2019, and the end of reunion (August 8, 2020)—no matter the size or designation—are counted in the reunion gift total.

Gifts can be made by mail, by phone, or online. Multiyear pledges (up to five years) are also encouraged, as the entire pledge amount will be included in the project total.

The honor roll is updated periodically. If you have made a gift and your name is not yet on the list, please email us or call 906-487-2400.

Dr. Muniappan Anbarasu
Richard D. Ashley
Christopher J. Baumgartner
Lloyd A. Beethem
Patrick G. Bentley
Tera M. Blauwkamp
Brent W. Carlson
Melissa M. DeLano
James R. Dickson
Douglas M. Fox
Chad D. Halverson
Jason R. Heine
Matthew J. Hoffmann
Mark J. Hurley
Sara M. Hurley
Dr. Nicholas Jordache
Eric P. Jung
Mia M. Kemppainen
Lynnette K. Klucinec
Kristin J. Kolodge
Sean M. Kolodge
Jason A. LaCosse
Derrick S. Levanen
Teck-Shiun Lim
Aimee L. Macnowski
Michael L. Martin
Cheryl A. McCutcheon
Charlene R. McQuarter

Marvin R. Mealman
Tanya E. Mealman
Dennis R. Melchi
Luverna K. Menghini
Eric S. Mulzer
David S. Niec
Nathalie E. Osborn
Robert D. Palazzolo
Kari R. Palmer
Michael W. Palmer
Brent L. Peterson
Upendra P. Puntambekar
Daniel Rellis
Dr. Kathryn A. Remlinger
Jeremy L. Russell
David M. Ryan
Heather L. Schierloh
Anthony G. Senger
Nathan B. Sevener
Scott R. Stilson
Eric D. Sutherland
Ann Nee Tay
Lisa K. Townsend-Moore
Carissa J. Tyo
Matthew A. Tyo
Kevin W. Vollmert
Lisa A. Vollmert
Christopher L. Wojick
Jodie L. Wollnik

Updated August 4, 2020


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Class of ’95 Stats and Facts

Michigan Tech campus from the air

  • Total graduates: 1,228
  • Top 3 majors: ME-EM (20%), Civil Engineering (10%), Electrical Engineering (11%)
  • 1992 the Michigan Tech Student Foundation (MTSF) starts the new tradition of “Oozeball” at Spring Fling. This mud volleyball tournament quickly became a Tech Tradition
  • 1994 Coed residence hall is renamed McNair Hall for Fred W. McNair, president of Michigan College of Mines (1899-1924)
  • 1994 Bowing to pressure from parents, students and faculty, President Tompkins calls off classes as Tech closed for a full day because of cold temperatures

Main Reunion Page

A Message from Your Class Reunion Chairs

Michigan Tech campus from the air

Dear Class of 1995

Alumni Reunion 2020 begins Thursday, August 6, with virtual content being posted on the reunion website. While this is not the way we would have liked to hold reunion, the Alumni Engagement staff has put together some fun content for us to see what’s going on at Tech and rekindle those memories of the Copper Country.

Be sure to log on to our Class of 1995 page and comment at the bottom of the page to share a memory or share what you’re up to now.

Also, if you haven’t contributed to our class gift effort yet, please consider doing so. Gifts of any amount to any area of campus will help current students and show what Michigan Tech means to us.

We look forward to interacting with you during our virtual reunion. Congrats on reaching this 25-year milestone!

Sincerely,
Mark and Sara Hurley
Class of 1995 Reunion Co-Chairs


Main Reunion Page