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Burd Hikes
'49Mr. Burd Hikes, a 1949 civil engineering graduate of Michigan Tech, is the retired president of Lakeside Equipment Corporation. Burd began his career as a sanitary engineer with the Pacific Flush Tank Company. In 1959, he became vice president of Lakeside Engineering Corporation and was elected president in 1970, a position he has held until his recent retirement. He is a member of ASCE, the Water Environment Federation, . . .
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Howard Perko
'93Dr. Howard Perko completed his BS degree in civil engineering at Michigan Tech in 1993 with distinction. From there he went on to earn MS and PhD degrees from Colorado State University with emphasis in soil mechanics. He received several graduate and post graduate research grants from NASA and worked a short time at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. One of few "planetary geotechnical engineers," he assisted the Mars . . .
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Richard Crannell
'65Mr. Richard H. Crannell (RC) is President/CEO, R.C. Associates, Inc. of Saginaw, Michigan. Richard, a native of Saginaw, Michigan, earned his baccalaureate degree in civil engineering from Michigan Tech in 1965. Upon graduation, Crannell obtained a survey crew chief position with the Michigan Department of Transportation. Because of his education and eagerness to learn, RC quickly advanced to the role of an MDOT office . . .
