Alumni

Gordon Renn is President, CEO and Chairman of Fox Converting, Inc, which is a dedicated manufacturer of FDA Class II Medical Devices, certified safe quality food packaging, and produces anti-viral coated paper for consumer products.   Gordon is also President, CEO, Chairman and Founder of Accuracy Pharmaceutical Machine, LLC, which is a manufacturer of ultra clean, ultra-precise tooling for the pharmaceutical industry. . . .

Juan Dalla Rizza is President, Owner, and Principal Engineer of Dalla Rizza & Associates Consulting Engineers, Inc.  Juan started Dalla Rizza & Associates in 1982. The company is involved in large and small engineering projects including commercial, grounds-up construction, and tenant build-outs for many of the large office buildings in the area. They also offer fire protection, plumbing, mechanical and electrical . . .

1952—2022 Pat grew up in Ferndale, Michigan, and went on to graduate from Michigan Technological University in 1975 with a BS in Mechanical Engineering. His mom was from London, England. She was 14 during the London ‘blitz’ of WWII. His dad, from west Tennessee, flew for the Army Air Force in B-17s as a recon photographer. His dad met his mom while on leave in London, by pretending he was lost! Pat . . .

Colonel Merrily Madero ('85) has been using the problem solving skills she initially learned as a mechanical engineering student at Michigan Tech to solve problems around the world. Recently she was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for leading the Military Liaison unit at the US Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan during multiple attacks. She also supported the US Embassy during fifty-three outside-the-wire missions in twenty . . .