Alumni Resources

Ken Showler enrolled at Michigan Technological University in the fall of 2002, as an electrical engineering major. He fit right into campus as an instructor at the Mont Ripley Ski Hill and a serious mountain biker. But 12 years later, Ken's interest, skills (and incidentally most of his electives) prompted his transfer into the newly available BA in sound design under primary mentor Christopher Plummer. Ken had been . . .

Dick Miller was one of the first Michigan Tech students to receive a B.A. degree in Liberal Arts in 1966. In 1970 he earned a masters degree in Industrial Administration. Mr. Miller pursued a distinguished business career with General Electric, serving as system analyst and later as manager of various divisions. He is currently General Manager of Quality and Compliance. Mr. Miller has strong ties to Michigan Tech. He . . .

John M. Beattie took his first job upon graduation with the Louis Allis Company in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he was a design engineer on a variety of commercial, military, and NASA space projects. His expertise was in ball bearing technology and V-belt technology. In 1968, he joined the Toro Company in Bloomington, Minnesota, as a project engineer for the Riding Greensmower 3 and Groundsmaster 322. A few years . . .