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James Vorhes
'47Jim Vorhes earned a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan Tech in 1947 and immediately began a 39 year career with General Motors. Following a series of sales and service assignments in the Pontiac field organization, he served as a zone manager in a number of locations. He became assistant general sales manager of western area field operations in 1970 and was named general sales manager of the Pontiac Division . . .
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Timothy Coffield
'84Timothy P. Coffield earned his BS degree in Mechanical Engineering, with high honors, from Michigan Technological University in 1984. He has also completed a business degree from University of Colorado. After graduating from Michigan Tech, Tim went to work as a research engineer for five years at IBM Research in Rochester, MN. Following that he was the principal engineer amp; business group manager at Cacade . . .
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Nancy Cragel
'86Nancy graduated from Michigan Technological University in 1986 with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering. She also attended the Ford College Graduate Program. After this, she worked as a Product Design Engineer for over three years and was responsible for design and development of an all-new power tilt, power-telescoping column at Ford Motor Company. She was awarded US Patent No. 5,520,416 Power Tilt, Telescoping . . .
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Laura Farrelly '93
Laura graduated with honors from Michigan Technological University in 1993 earning a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering. She went on to earn a master's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan; Dearborn. And she also earned an MBA in marketing and finance from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management. After Michigan Tech, Laura was selected to be a member of the Ford Motor . . .