Alumni Resources

Paul Swift earned a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan Tech in 1933 and attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business & Engineering. After nine years of working as a corporate industrial engineer for Carnegie Steel and F.V. Gardner, he returned home to Houghton to join the family hardware business. He worked as a partner in the I.E. Swift Company, with his father and uncle, and then became sole . . .

Dr. Harold Schock received his BS in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan Technological University in 1974 and his MS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in 1975. He then returned to Michigan Tech and earned his PhD in Engineering Mechanics in 1979. While earning his PhD at Tech, Dr. Schock worked as a research assistant and a teaching assistant. Dr. Schock is a Professor of Mechanical . . .

Savannah Obert-Pfeiffer is a full-time Place-Based Stewardship Education Specialist with the Northeast Michigan Great Lakes Stewardship Initiative (NEMIGLSI), where she connects K–12 educators with local partners to support hands-on, community-driven sustainability projects. Based in Alpena, Michigan, Savannah helps teachers plan field experiences, align stewardship projects with curriculum standards, secure funding, . . .