Alumni

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 . . .

Rebecca received her Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Michigan Tech 1985. In 1992 she earned her master's degree in Electrical Power Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.Upon leaving Michigan Tech in 1985 she accepted an engineering position with Sundstrand Corporation - an aerospace equipment manufacturer. In 1989 she left Sundstrand and began her career with General Electric as . . .

Eustace L. Dereniak BS Electrical and Computer Engineering 1963 For nearly five decades, Eustace L. Dereniak has explored the frontiers of optics and engineering to help create 21 century breakthroughs in medicine, military hardware, astronomy and many other fields. Dereniak, a 1963 Electrical and Computer Engineering graduate of Michigan Tech, became president of SPIE, the world’s largest professional organization dedicated . . .

Calvin Wheeler began his professional career with General Electric, where an early assignment to develop, design, and test programs for B-52 on-board power systems led to his lifetime interest in power generation. After brief posts with McCulloch Corporation and Harnischfeger Corporation, Cal began his twenty-eight-year career with the Kohler Company in 1961. He retired in 1990 as senior engineer in Kohler’s generator . . .