ACADEMY of
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
and ENGINEERING MECHANICS

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Richard Henes

Richard (Dick) Henes , a native of Menominee, MI, graduated from Michigan Technological University in 1948 with a BS in Mechanical Engineering and in 1951 earned a Bachelor of Law degree from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. Dick Henes started Henes Stamping Inc. in 1976 in Arizona. He also served as President of Henes Manufacturing Company and the American Bolt Company. Dick is now retired.
 
Dick and his wife, Elizabeth, established The Richard and Elizabeth Henes Professor’s Chair in the Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics Department in January 2002. They have also established an endowed scholarship for students. While a student at Tech, Dick was a member of AIME, on the Lode staff, and participated in intramural sports. Dick and Liz are members of the McNair Society and the Hotchkiss Society. They have been residents of Arizona since the early 1950s.
 

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