Alumni Resources

Donald G. Wheatley went to work for General Motors in 1963. He worked on the guidance systems doing vibration and fatigue analysis for the Apollo project. Out of the sixty new hires on the project, he was the only one remaining at the end. He also did some work on the main battle tank. Don then accepted an offer from Ford, where he worked on a small team to define the new Ford Maverick. He later led the team that designed . . .

James Spain was born in Washington, D.C. and grew up in Arlington, Virginia.  At the age of 11, he moved to Florida, and at 17 to New Orleans, Louisiana, where he graduated from High School.  He earned a BS in Chemistry from Michigan College of Mining and Technology (now Michigan Technological University) in 1951.  He went on to earn his MS in Biochemistry from Virginia Commonwealth University in 1953 and his PhD in Chemistry . . .

Ms. Gardiner completed her baccalaureate degree in civil engineering at Michigan Tech in 1982 and an Executive Master of Business Administration from Michigan State in 2003.She is currently the President New Mexico Gas Company, a newly formed natural gas utility. Taking over this role in 2008, she has been responsible for 750 employees serving 510,000 customers in 23 counties in New Mexico. In 2009 she successfully transitioned . . .