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Richard Henes fashioned considerable success from diligence and opportunity. A native of Menominee, Henes earned a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan Tech in 1948, followed by a law degree from the University of Michigan. In 1958, after working as an engineer and lawyer, he moved to Arizona and established what was to become the Henes Manufacturing Company, Henes Products and Henes Stamping. . . .

When Reagan May was nine years old, she went to a bowling alley with her family in her native DePere Wis. What happened next changed the course of her life, and it had nothing to do with strikes and spares. "Someone was there with a go-cart," the fourth-year mechanical engineering student at Michigan Technological University says. "I sat in, and I knew right away that's what I wanted to do." Like a scene from a . . .

Perry Wilson is a 2010 mechanical engineering graduate with much success in his field. Perry has worked for a number of Fortune 500 companies, and during his time at tech participated in a number of organizations such as the National Society of Black Engineers, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and was a part of Kappa Alpha Psi. Why did you choose Michigan Tech? Long story made short: I chose MTU because of . . .

Charles Cronenworth earned his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering with honor from Michigan Tech in 1944. After graduation and serving in World War II, he was a research design engineer with Chrysler Corp. in Detroit. In 1947, he joined the Diamond Crystal Salt Co. as a design draftsman. He held a number of managerial positions before being promoted to assistant chief engineer in 1956. In October 1975, he was elected to . . .