People
There are over 68,000 Michigan Tech alumni living in all 50 states and over 100 countries. Some notable alumni include:
- Joe Berger, NFL player
- Melvin Calvin, Nobel Laureate and discoverer of the Calvin Cycle
- Chris Conner, NHL player
- David Edwards, biomedical engineering professor at Harvard, writer
- Tony Esposito, former NHL player
- David Hill, former Chief Engineer for the Chevrolet Corvette
- David House, former vice president of Intel
- Randy McKay, former NHL player
- John Opie, former Vice Chairman of General Electric
- Davis Payne, former head coach of the St. Louis Blues
- Kanwal Rekhi, businessman and entrepreneurship promoter in the Silicon Valley
- Richard J. Robbins, whose company built five of the six machines used to dig the Chunnel between Great Britain and France. He received a 2009 Benjamin Franklin Medal for his tunneling innovations.
- Damian Rhodes, former NHL player
- Donald G. Saari, prominent game theorist
- Alexander King Sample, 12th Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Marquette
- John Scott, NHL player
- Donald Shell, author of the Shell sort
- Matthew Songer, founder and chief executive officer of Pioneer Surgical Technology
- Andy Sutton, NHL player
- John Vartan, businessman, developer, banker, restaurateur and philanthropist
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Famous quotes containing the word people:
“The first place he went into was the Royal Exchange .... where men of all ages and all nations were assembled, with no other view than to barter for interest. The countenances of most of the people showed they were filled with anxiety; some indeed appeared pleased, but yet it was with a mixture of fear.... [David] resolved to stay no longer in a place where riches were esteemed goodness, and deceit, low cunning, and giving up all things to the love of gain were thought wisdom.”
—Sarah Fielding (1710–1768)
“It’s men like you that make it difficult for people to understand one another.”
—Richard Fielding. Lee Sholem. Superman (George Reeves)
“When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them by way of the land of the Philistines, although that was nearer; for God thought, “If the people face war, they may change their minds and return to Egypt.””
—Bible: Hebrew, Exodus 13:17.