Alumni Resources

Carl Schwenk has sought buried treasure throughout the Western Hemisphere, and everywhere he’s been, he brought his running shoes. Schwenk, now retired, is the geophysicist who pinpointed what would become the Flambeau Mine, near Ladysmith, Wisconsin. In 1971, a few years after he located this high-grade deposit of copper and gold, he also stumbled upon a book that would change his life: Kenneth Cooper’s . . .

Dan Farrell completed his baccalaureate degree in geology at Michigan Tech in 1960. As a student, he played hockey for the Huskies. After graduation, he went to graduate school from 1960-62. After spending three years as a high school teacher, Dan began working for the Canadian International Development Agency and taught in Zimbabwe and Ghana for three years.  In 1968, John McInnes asked Dan to return to Houghton, serving . . .

Elio Argentati, a native of Iron Mountain who moved to Iron River, Michigan, graduated from Michigan Tech with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering in 1950, after which he fashioned a notable career. At Tech, he was a member of the Rifle Team, the Varsity Club, and the Air Force ROTC program. He served in the Air Force in Japan and Korea from 1950 to 1953, and then began his career, which saw him go . . .