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Some find their passion at a young age, some find it later in life and for some, like Zach Fredrickson, CPA, a passion runs in their family. "I have a lot of family members that were accountants. My uncle is a CPA and has always worked hard which inspired me to become a CPA," he said. "He was always so organized and had nice things and I always wanted to mimic that lifestyle." Other than his uncle, Fredrickson thanks . . .

John Drake is serious about giving back to his alma mater. He attributes his success in large part to "the training and rigor of a Michigan Tech education with its insistence on understanding." Drake earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering in 1964 and a master’s in business administration in 1969. "Nobody was better prepared to understand and solve problems than Tech grads were," he says. . . .

Nancy Grimm earned a PhD in Rhetoric and Technical Communication from Michigan Tech in 1995. She completed her bachelor's in English with a Secondary Teaching Certificate from Marquette University in 1967 and a master's in English from Northern Michigan University in 1981. Nancy's career in education began as a high school teacher in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. Other teaching assignments followed at a junior high in Rochester, . . .