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William Colton
'75William (Bill) Colton is Vice President, Corporate Strategic Planning for Exxon Mobil Corporation. In this role, he oversees the corporation’s strategic planning activities and the development of its Energy Outlook, ExxonMobil’s assessment of global energy trends. Bill was born in Massachusetts, and moved to the Midwest at an early age, living in Minnesota and Iowa before settling in Naperville, Illinois . . .
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George McGinn
'55George graduated from Sudbury Mining and Technical School in 1949 with an emphasis on geology and mining. Following this, he was hired by INCO to do surveying and diamond drilling and later promoted to a contract miner. In 1955, George graduated from Michigan Tech with a B.S. in Geological Engineering. He then joined Mobil where he remained for over 36 years until his retirement in 1992. During his tenure with Mobil, . . .
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Duane Thayer
'62, '59Retired Michigan Technological University Materials Science and Engineering BS EMY 1959, BS EMY 1962 Duane "Dewey" graduated from Michigan Tech with both his BS and MS degrees in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering in 1959 and 1962. Also served three years in the U.S. Marine Corps. Dewey retired from Michigan Tech in January 1997 and became emeritus professor in the fall of 1997. In his spare time, Dewey enjoys . . .
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Our industrious Graduate Student Government has seeded the newly created Graduate Student Emergency Fund with donations raised from a laser tag event. Please help them build this fund to give meaningful help to a graduate student who finds themselves in sudden need of help.