Peggy Gorton

Peggy is an honorary inductee into the Academy for her 25 years of devoted service to the Department of Mining Engineering at Michigan Tech. Between 1977 and 2002, Peggy made sure that generations of mining engineering students made their way to the graduation stage. Along with all her assigned duties, she also organized all of the Academy of Mining Engineering functions until it was merged with the Academy of Geological Engineering in 2002.

Peggy has been with the university since 1976 and spent a year with the merged Department of Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences before moving on to her current position as Administrative Aide to the Dean of the School of Technology.

From 2006 Induction to the Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences Academy