Biological Sciences Alumni

Dr. Leann Nitschke M.D. graduated from Michigan Tech in 1984 with a B.S. in Biological Sciences. She and fellow alum, Matthew Nitschke (‘84) married 3 weeks after graduation. They were married for nearly 31 years before Matthew’s passing in 2015. She joined the Army National Guard in 1987, serving as a company commander and assistant state surgeon/acting deputy commander of the state health directorate (IL).  Nitschke . . .

Jim Brodeur, a retired physician and long-time financial supporter of Michigan Tech, figures he got twenty-seven good reasons to help the institution. That's the number of people in his family who have attended Tech over five generations, beginning with one of his grandfathers in 1897. Tech has been an important part of our lives, and we want to stay connected and help out, he says. He was active as a student and has . . .

Dr. Fleming graduated from Michigan Tech with a B.S. degree in Biological Sciences in 1970. Graduate work at the Medical School of Wayne State (M.D. in 1974), at the Medical College of Wisconsin (M.D. in Family Medicine in 1977), and as Clinical Scholar at the University of North Carolina (M.P.H. in Epidemiology, 1986) prepared him for a distinguished career in the field of Family Medicine. He is currently Professor . . .