Alumni

Dr. Swenson held faculty positions at Washington University, the University of Alaska, and Michigan State University before joining the University of Illinois in 1956. George served as Director of the Vermilion River Observatory and Head of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering before retiring from the Illinois faculty in 1988. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, a Fellow of the Institute . . .

Michigan Tech is mourning William "Bill" G. Jackson, who passed away peacefully on March 1 in Scottsdale Arizona. Jackson graduated from Michigan Tech in 1958 with a BS in Electrical Engineering. His generosity is a perfect example of the impact a single individual can have. Jackson made multiple transformational gifts that continue to make a lasting and dramatic positive impact on campus. Jackson’s first gift to Tech . . .

Retired Vice President, IBM Corp., Global Industry Solutions Owner, Sisukas Consulting, LLC John Soyring provided global business leadership for the industry solutions amp; industry products portion of IBM's global software business. This role included functional leadership for strategy, research amp; development, marketing amp; sales, business development, product support, and services related to the IBM offerings . . .

James Klungness created Klungness Electronic Supply in 1954. In 1955 he entered another partnership to form Northern Electronics to develop a cable television system in Iron Mountain and Kingsford. This enterprise eventually expanded into six states serving almost 200,000 homes. He then founded American Microwave amp; Communications in 1960 to deliver broadcast signals to remote area cable systems nationwide. Jim . . .