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Class Notes: 1981 1985 1993 Matt Tsian was named President of Gerald Johnson, North America Akron Brass Company, a global General Motors China in December Manufacturing Vice President marketer and manufacturer of high 2013. Tsien received a bachelor’s at General Motors, was recently performance fi refi ghting equipment, degree in electrical engineering from presented with the Career has announced the appointment Kettering University in 1981, a master’s Achievement – Industry award at of Sean Tillinghast to the role of degree in electrical engineering from the 2014 BEYA STEM Conference president. Stan in Washington, D.C. The BEYA Stanford University in 1982, and a STEM conference is a multicultural Scott Hogan was named a Michigan i master’s degree in event that unites students, Super Lawyer’s Rising Star for 2014 management from the college administrators, recruiters, in the area of intellectual property law. Massachusetts Institute engineering and of IT professionals, 1994 of Technology in 1993. scientists, and Rob Ashton, vice president of 1984 high-level decision- Automotive Aftermarket U.S., Nathan Wilke has made the switch makers from discussed his career with Aftermarket from the automotive industry to the the corporate, News. Read more: http://www. health care fi eld and is excelling by government and military communities aftermarketnews.com/Item/123362/ utilizing his engineering expertise in in an effort to broaden diversity in this fi ve_minutes_with_rob_ashton_vice_ a corporate environment. For the past country’s technical and scientifi c work president_automotive_aftermarket_ three years, Wilke has worked for the forces. us_schaeffl er_group_usa_inc.aspx University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics in Madison, 1989 1999 Wisc. In his current Richard Topolewski joined Rader, Paul Glomski, founder of Detroit role as program Fishman and Grauer as an associate Labs, appeared on 60 Minutes on director, value attorney in Bloomfi eld Hills, Mich. CBS in October of 2013 to discuss analysis, his primary downtown Detroit’s revitalization. responsibility 1991 Glomski is the founder of Detroit is helping the healthcare network Michael L. Schirmer completed his Labs, a tech company that develops maintain and improve its performance Doctor of Business Administration applications for the iPhone, iPad, levels while also identifying (DBA) at Wilmington University, New Android and Windows 8. Detroit opportunities to reduce costs and Castle, Delaware. His dissertation was Labs is located on Woodward Avenue operate more effi ciently. It's a new entitled Minority Business Certifi cation in downtown Detroit and Glomski role in the organization, and he’s the Programs in a Mid-Atlantic State: believes its geography provides fi rst director. Read more: https://www. Participants’ Perceptions of Capacity an advantage over other similar kettering.edu/news/kettering-graduate- Buidling. He was inducted into the companies across the country. Glomski using-engineering-skills-healthcare-fi eld. Sigma Beta Delta international honor is a native of Flint and graduated with society for business, management and a degree in Electrical Engineering from David Kenny, CEO of administration. He is currently the Kettering University. He completed his The Weather Company, Faculty Chair of Business Programs at master’s in mechanical engineering was named to the Best Peirce College in Philadephia, Penn. at the Massachusetts Institute of Buy Board of Directors. Technology (MIT) and also earned an SPRING 2014 25