Biological Sciences Alumni

Olive Cornish Kimball, a native of Calumet, graduated with a bachelor's degree in general science (medical technology) in 1952. She also earned both a master’s degree in science education and a PhD in educational psychology from Northern Illinois University. In addition, she has studied at Bryn Mawr College and Harvard University. In 2007, Olive retired from the Chicago-based National Accrediting Agency for . . .

Peri Ozker received a B.S. degree in Biology in 1974, followed by a M.S. degree in 1977. After leaving Michigan Tech she first supervised a clinical microbiology laboratory and then returned to graduate school in Ann Arbor at the University of Michigan to receive a second master's degree in Epidemiology in 1983. She relocated to Cambridge, Massachusetts where she began a distinguished career in the biotechnology industry. . . .

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 . . .