Alumni Resources

William Winiarski came to Michigan Tech because of "its singularity of purpose" - engineering. When he left Tech, he became a singular success, but he never envisioned the accomplishments he achieved. A native of Chesaning, Michigan, Winiarski graduated from Michigan Tech in 1973 with a bachelor's in civil engineering. College was "tough sledding," he says, but his Tech education prepared him "very well" for the workaday . . .

Since 1994 Barney Guarnera has served as President, Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Operating Officer of Behre Dolbear and Company, Inc., one of the premier mining consulting companies. He has been responsible for developing the company into a multi-officed, multi-million dollar growing enterprise. His personal expertise is in the areas of evaluation and valuation of mineral properties, ore reserve estimation procedures, . . .

Mr. Thomas Valent is President of Gerace Design Group, and Executive Vice-President of Gerace Construction Company, Inc. in Midland Michigan. He served as 1st Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Combat Corp. of Engineers from 1971-1973. Mr. Valent joined Gerace Construction Company as a Civil Construction Engineer after completing his Baccalaureate degree in Civil Engineering in 1973. Over the years he has supervised a wide-range . . .