ME Alumni Profile

Charles Cretors '63 earned a BS in Mechanical Engineering 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. In 1980 he was named president, and in 1991 he became sole owner.

To accommodate the expanding needs of the company and diversified product line, he has had to redesign and relocate the factory two times in the last twenty-five years. Cretors holds seven patents and is the author of the "Popcorn Process" section of the Corn Tech Manual and a chapter on popcorn processing in a new reference book for the snack food industry.

He is currently a member of the MTU Alumni Association and the Snack Food Association Corn Tech Committee.

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