Alumni and Friends

Stephen F. (Steve) Hahn is from Midland, MI and earned his BS in Chemistry from Michigan Technological University in 1982 and an MS in Chemistry from Central Michigan University in 1990. Steve joined The Dow Chemical Company in 1982 and has worked in a variety of research and new business development functions since that time. He currently heads Dow’s Ventures and Business Development group in the San Francisco/Silicon . . .

Feifei came to Michigan Tech to study chemistry, earning her PhD in 1994. Her other degrees include both Bachelor and Master degrees in polymeric material science and engineering from East China University of Science and Technology. Prior to coming to Tech as a PhD candidate, she worked as an engineer for Shanghai Pharmaceutical Industrial Design Institute. After completing her studies at Michigan Tech, she accepted . . .

Lina Tormen Taskovich ’52 studied chemistry and chemical engineering at Michigan Tech almost thirty years before Sally Heidtke, and she has some words of wisdom for women students too: "Study a field you like—you have to spend all your life working in it. And go for the top degree in the field of your choice. Also, do not go for the most lucrative job, but for the job you would love to do." When Taskovich . . .