35 Notable alumni of
Michigan Technological University
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Michigan Technological University is 1571st in the world, 555th in North America, and 522nd in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 35 notable alumni from Michigan Technological University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Roxane Gay
- Occupations
- university teachernovelistediting staffwriteressayist
- Biography
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Roxane Gay is an American writer, professor, editor, and social commentator. Gay is the author of The New York Times best-selling essay collection Bad Feminist (2014), as well as the short story collection Ayiti (2011), the novel An Untamed State (2014), the short story collection Difficult Women (2017), and the memoir Hunger (2017).
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Tony Esposito
- Occupations
- designerice hockey player
- Biography
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Anthony James "Tony O" Esposito was a Canadian-American professional ice hockey goaltender, who played 16 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL), 15 of those for the Chicago Black Hawks. He was one of the pioneers of the now popular butterfly style. Tony was the younger brother of Phil Esposito, a centre. Both brothers had notable careers and are enshrined in the Hockey Hall of Fame. Esposito's jersey number 35 was retired by the Blackhawks in 1988.
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Melvin Calvin
- Occupations
- biologistuniversity teacherbiochemistengineerchemist
- Biography
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Melvin Ellis Calvin was an American biochemist known for discovering the Calvin cycle along with Andrew Benson and James Bassham, for which he was awarded the 1961 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He spent most of his five-decade career at the University of California, Berkeley.
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Jujhar Khaira
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Jujhar Khaira is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre who currently plays for the Iowa Wild in the American Hockey League (AHL) while under contract to the Minnesota Wild of the National Hockey League (NHL). He has previously played for the Edmonton Oilers and Chicago Blackhawks.
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Baijayant Jay Panda
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Baijayant "Jay" Panda is an Indian politician. He is the national vice president and spokesperson of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He was a Member of Parliament in the 15th and 16th Lok Sabha from Kendrapara. He was also a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha for two terms from 2000 to 2009.
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Jarkko Ruutu
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Jarkko Samuli Ruutu; born August 23, 1975) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey forward who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Vancouver Canucks, Pittsburgh Penguins, Ottawa Senators and Anaheim Ducks. He is currently serving as a European development coach for the Columbus Blue Jackets.
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John Scott
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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John Howard Scott is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman and winger. A professional player for nearly 10 seasons, Scott saw National Hockey League (NHL) action with the Minnesota Wild, Chicago Blackhawks, New York Rangers, San Jose Sharks, Buffalo Sabres, Arizona Coyotes and Montreal Canadiens. Scott was born in Edmonton, Alberta, but grew up in St. Catharines, Ontario. He graduated from Michigan Technological University in 2006.
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Joe Berger
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Joseph David Berger is a former American football guard in the National Football League (NFL) for the Miami Dolphins, Dallas Cowboys and Minnesota Vikings. He was drafted by the Carolina Panthers in the sixth round of the 2005 NFL Draft. He played college football at Michigan Tech.
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Kanwal Rekhi
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Kanwal Singh Rekhi is an Indian-American businessperson. He was the first Indian-American founder and CEO to take a venture-backed company public on the Nasdaq stock exchange.
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Chris Conner
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Christopher Ryan Conner is an American former professional ice hockey winger who played in the National Hockey League (NHL).
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Mel Pearson
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Melvin K. Pearson is a former college ice hockey player and the former head coach of the Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey team. Pearson played for Michigan Tech from 1977 to 1981, then served as an assistant coach for the team from 1982 to 1988. Following the 1987–88 season, he spent 23 years as an assistant coach and associate head coach at Michigan under Red Berenson before returning to Michigan Tech as head coach in 2011.
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Tanner Kero
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Tanner James Kero is an American professional ice hockey player for the Colorado Eagles of the American Hockey League (AHL). He has formerly played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Chicago Blackhawks and Dallas Stars.
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Andy Sutton
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Andrew Cameron Sutton is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. He has previously played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Edmonton Oilers, San Jose Sharks, Minnesota Wild, Atlanta Thrashers, New York Islanders, Ottawa Senators and Anaheim Ducks in a 14-year career.
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Donald Shell
- Years
- 1924-2015 (aged 91)
- Occupations
- computer scientist
- Biography
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Donald L. Shell was an American computer scientist who designed the Shellsort sorting algorithm. He acquired his Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Cincinnati in 1959, and published the Shellsort algorithm in the Communications of the ACM in July that same year.
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Davis Payne
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Davis Payne is a Canadian former professional ice hockey winger who played in the National Hockey League for the Boston Bruins, and is the former head coach of the St. Louis Blues. He was an assistant coach with the Los Angeles Kings, but was fired on April 11, 2017. He most recently was an associate coach under D. J. Smith with the Ottawa Senators.
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Alexander King Sample
- Occupations
- Catholic bishopCatholic priest
- Biography
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Alexander King Sample is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He has been serving as archbishop of the Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon since 2013. Sample previously served as bishop of the Diocese of Marquette in Michigan from 2005 to 2013.
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Steve Jensen
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Steven Allan Jensen was an American professional ice hockey player and owner and director of Heartland Hockey Camps. Jensen was a forward who appeared in 438 games in the National Hockey League from 1976–82. For 39 years, Jensen served as founding owner and director of the Heartland Hockey Camp located in Deerwood, Minnesota, and was a full-time teaching professional with more than four decades of instruction experience, including 12 years of experience playing International and NHL hockey. He was a five-time member of the United States men's national ice hockey team and played in the 1976 Canada Cup.
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David Edwards
- Occupations
- chemistbiomedical engineer
- Biography
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David A. Edwards is an American biomedical engineer, and the founder of Sensory Cloud. He was the Gordon McKay Professor of the Practice of Biomedical Engineering at Harvard University.
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Blake Pietila
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Blake Chester Pietila is an American professional ice hockey left winger who is currently an unrestricted free agent. He most recently played for the Hershey Bears in the American Hockey League (AHL). Pietila was drafted by the New Jersey Devils in the 5th round of the 2011 NHL Entry Draft.
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Markus J. Buehler
- Years
- 20th Century
- Enrolled in Michigan Technological University
- In 2001 graduated with Master of Science in applied mechanics
- Occupations
- researchermaterials scientistengineer
- Biography
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Markus J. Buehler is an American materials scientist and engineer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he holds the endowed McAfee Professorship of Engineering chair. He is a member of the faculty at MIT's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, where he directs the Laboratory for Atomistic and Molecular Mechanics (LAMM), and also a member of MIT's Center for Computational Science and Engineering (CCSE) in the Schwarzman College of Computing. His scholarship spans science to art, and he is also a composer of experimental, classical and electronic music, with an interest in sonification. He has given several TED talks about his work.
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William S. Hammack
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- 1961-.. (age 63)
- Occupations
- engineer
- Biography
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William S. Hammack (born 1961) is an American chemical engineer, and professor in the department of chemical engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. Hammack earned his BS in chemical engineering in 1984 from Michigan Technological University.
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Howard Burnham
- Occupations
- engineerexplorermining engineerspy
- Biography
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Mather Howard Burnham, was an American who went by the name of Howard; his brother was the celebrated scout Frederick Russell Burnham. He traveled the world, frequently worked as a mining engineer and, during World War I, he became an intelligence officer and spy for the government of France. He had a wooden leg which he used to conceal tools for spying when he was behind enemy lines.
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Joel L'Esperance
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Joel David L'Esperance is an American professional ice hockey forward for the Grand Rapids Griffins of the American Hockey League (AHL).
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Jack Real
- Occupations
- aerospace engineer
- Biography
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Jack G. Real was an aerospace pioneer and Howard Hughes confidant.
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Dave Hill
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- 1943-.. (age 81)
- Occupations
- engineer
- Biography
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David C. Hill is a former automotive engineer for General Motors. He is best known as the Chief Engineer for the 5th (C5) and 6th (C6) generations of the Chevrolet Corvette.
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Jet Lowe
- Years
- 1947-.. (age 77)
- Enrolled in Michigan Technological University
- 1997-2001 graduated with Master of Science in archaeology
- Occupations
- architectural photographerphotographer
- Biography
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John T. "Jet" Lowe is an American photographer. He is one of the photographers employed by the U.S. National Park Service on the Historic American Buildings Survey and Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) projects, and was the supervisor of engineering photography for HAER until his retirement in July 2013. His book, Industrial Eye: Photographs by Jet Lowe from the Historic American Engineering Record was published in 1986 by the Preservation Press.
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Teo A. Babun
- Occupations
- military historian
- Biography
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Teo A. Babun is a Cuban-American businessman, evangelical philanthropist, and human rights advocate. He is the founder of BG Consultants and Cuba-Caribbean Development Co. and also the head of Outreach Aid to the Americas (OAA) and AmericasRelief.
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Leonard C. Ward
- Enrolled in Michigan Technological University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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Brigadier General Leonard C. Ward was a United States Army officer who served as Chief of the Army Division (now Director of the Army National Guard) at the National Guard Bureau.
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Paul D. Rogers
- Enrolled in Michigan Technological University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering
- Graduated with Doctor of Philosophy in mechanical engineering
- Occupations
- military officermechanical engineer
- Biography
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Paul D. Rogers is a major general in the Michigan Army National Guard. He is currently serving as the 34th adjutant general of the Michigan National Guard. He has been in this role since January 2019.
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R. E. Robertson
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Ralph Elliott Robertson was an American lawyer and politician from the territory and state of Alaska. He was a member of the Republican Party.
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Fred Clark
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Fred Clark is an American conservationist, businessman, and Democratic politician. He served three terms in the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing Baraboo and surrounding municipalities in central Wisconsin.
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Harry Marshall Erskine Evans
- Occupations
- explorer
- Biography
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Henry Marshall Erskine Evans was a politician in Alberta, Canada, and a mayor of Edmonton.
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Heather Lewandowski
- Occupations
- university teacherphysicistacademic
- Biography
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Heather Lewandowski is a professor of physics at the University of Colorado Boulder. She looks to understand the quantum mechanical processes in making chemical bonds. She uses time-varying inhomogeneous electric fields to achieve supersonic cooling. She also studies how students learn experimental skills in instructional physics labs and help to improve student learning in these environments. She is a Fellow of the American Physical Society.
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Karl James Jalkanen
- Years
- 1958-.. (age 66)
- Occupations
- chemistbiologist
- Biography
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Karl James Jalkanen, FRSC,, is a research scientist in molecular biophysics. He is currently a research scientist at the Gilead Sciences new La Verne, California manufacturing facility in the Department of Technical Services.
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George H. Garrey
- Occupations
- geological engineermining engineer
- Biography
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George Henry Garrey was an American mining geologist and engineer.
