Alumni Resources

Mr. John E. Paas came to Michigan Tech from Grand Rapids Catholic Central High School and earned his baccalaureate degree in civil engineering in 1941. During his student years, he served as Steward of Kappa Delta Psi, as Treasurer of Blue Key and was involved in winter carnival, the Flying Huskies, ROTC, ASCE and other groups. Following graduation, he enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps Flying Cadet Program, was commissioned . . .

Trygve Ivesdal joined Raytheon Company in Wayland, Massachusetts, as an electronic design engineer. With the beginning of the microelectronics era, he moved to Raytheon’s Semiconductor Division in Mountain View, California. In 1966, he moved to Melbourne, Florida, and was part of the start-up of what today is known as Harris Semiconductor. In 1969, Trygve and three associates formed Microsystems, Florida’s . . .

Mr. Robert Luther is currently President and CEO of Construction Technology, Inc. of West Palm Beach, Florida. He completed his baccalaureate degree in civil engineering at Michigan Tech in 1961 and from there went on to work as an engineer for the State of California. In 1969 he joined Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation as a Plant Manager. In 1983 he left Kaiser Corporation, where he was the Senior Field Engineer . . .