We’re proud of each and every one of our alumni but some stand out for their accomplishments, for their scientific innovations and inventions, or for their service to humanity. We invite you to learn more about these remarkable men and women. In these short videos, distinguished Case graduates offer insight into their extraordinary lives and times. Welcome to our “Profiles in Success.”
Laura Diehl-Crowl '45
(d)
MAJOR: Physics, First female undergraduate of the Case School of Applied Sciences
Robert Aiken '52
(d)
MAJOR: Mechanical Engineering OCCUPATION: DuPont, Retired/Group Vice President in Petrochemicals
Robert Corell ’56,
PhD '64
MAJOR: Mechanical Engineering
OCCUPATION: Global Environment and Technology Foundation/Principal
WEN H. KO MS '56,
PHD '59
(d)
MAJOR: Electrical Engineering
OCCUPATION: CSE/Professor Emeritus-Electrical Engineering
Thomas P. Kicher '59,
MS '62, PhD '65
MAJOR: Engineering Science
OCCUPATION: CSE/Professor
Emeritus-Engineering
Thomas C. Litzler ’53,
MS '62
(d)
MAJOR: Mechanical Engineering OCCUPATION: C.A. Litzler Company
Roger Brockett ’60,
MS '62, PhD '64
MAJOR: Engineering Science
OCCUPATION: An Wang Research
Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Russell Warren '60
MAJOR: Electrical Engineering
OCCUPATION: Edgepoint Capital Advisors/Managing Director
Lee Huff ’61
MAJOR: Chemical Engineering
OCCUPATION: Fibre Yarns & Fillers, Inc./Retired President
Carl Podwoski ’61
(d)
MAJOR: Electrical Engineering
OCCUPATION: LG&E Corp./ Retired
Manager Project Development
Walter Culver MS ’62, PhD '64
MAJOR: Electrical Engineering (MS),
Systems and Control (PhD)
Joseph B. Richey II ’62
(d)
MAJOR: Electrical Engineering
OCCUPATION: Invacare Corp.
President & Director
Donald Schuele
PhD ’63
MAJOR: CIT: PhD Physics,
John Carol University: BS & MS
OCCUPATION: CSE/CWRU Albert A. Michelson Professor of Physics/Emeritus
Thomas E. Baker ’64,
MS '66, PhD '68
MAJOR: Engineering Science
OCCUPATION: Atlantic Decision
Sciences, Inc. / CEO
Philip V. DeSantis ’64,
MS '66, PhD '70
MAJOR: Civil Engineering
OCCUPATION: DeSantis Engineering
Software Inc. / Retired President
Bill James ’64
MAJOR: Chemical Engineering
OCCUPATION: Proctor & Gamble: Retired Director Worldwide Research & Development; Director Food Product Development
Paul Stephan ’64
MAJOR: Mathematics
OCCUPATION: CWRU Lecturer, and
Director of Development, Case
Alumni Association: Retired
Clyde Walter ’64, PhD
MAJOR: Electrical Engineering
OCCUPATION: Iowa State University Professor of Transportation &
Logistics: Retired
Gerald "Mac" McNichols '65, PhD
MAJOR: Management Science
OCCUPATION: McNichols & McNichols,
Inc. / CEO
Paula Austin McNichols '65
MAJOR: Management Science
OCCUPATION: McNichols & McNichols, Inc. Treasurer: Retired
Robert Smialek ’65,
MS '67, PhD '70
MAJOR: Metallurgy
OCCUPATION: Applied Innovation, Inc. President & CEO: Retired
James C. Wyant ’65, PhD
MAJOR: Physics
OCCUPATION: University of Arizona
Professor Emeritus, Optical Sciences
Robert Herbold MS ’66, PhD '68
MAJOR: Mathematics-MS, Computer Engineering-PhD
OCCUPATION: The Herbold Group, LLC/Managing Director
Joshua Martin III ’66
MAJOR: Physics
OCCUPATION: Potter Anderson &
Corroon LLP/Partner
Grant Saviers ’66,
MS '68
MAJOR: Engineering/BS, Computer Engineering/MS
OCCUPATION: Retired Chairman & CEO of Adaptec, Inc.
Barry Romich ’67
MAJOR: Electrical Engineering
OCCUPATION: Co. Founder, Chairman and CEO Prentke Romich Co.
Thomas Esselman ’68,
PhD '73
MAJOR: Mechanical engineering
OCCUPATION: Lucius Pitkin, Inc./Principal,
Former President of Altran of North America
Chung-Chiun "CC" Liu
PhD '68
MAJOR: Chemical Engineering
OCCUPATION: CSE/CWRU Wallace R. Persons Professor of Sensor Technology & Control, Distinguished University Professor,Professor, Chemical Engineering
Marv Schwartz ‘68,
PhD '73
MAJOR: Mathematics/BS, Computing and Information Science/PhD
OCCUPATION: One Community/Chief Scientist
William Feth ’68
MAJOR: Management Science
OCCUPATION: AESCO Holding LLC/Retired President & CEO
Larry Sears ’69
MAJOR: Electrical Engineering
OCCUPATION: Founder of Hexagram (now ACLARA WirelessTechnologies)
Glenn Ricart ’71, MS '73, PhD
MAJOR: Electrical Engineering/BS, Computer Engineering/MS
OCCUPATION:US Ignite/Founder& CEO
Francis Merat ’72, MS '75, PhD '78
MAJOR: Electrical Engineering
OCCUPATION: /CWRU- Associate Professor Electrical Engineering
KURT SWOGGER ‘72
MAJOR: Chemical Engineering
OCCUPATION: Dow/Retired VP, CEO Biopact Cellular Transport
Thomas Tribone ’74
MAJOR: Chemical Engineering
OCCUPATION:Founder and CEO of Franklin Park Inc.
Myra Dria ’76, PhD
MAJOR: Polymer & Macro
OCCUPATION: CEO & President, Pearl Resources LLC
Susan Nagorney ’76
MAJOR: Mathematics
OCCUPATION: Assistant Professor of Mathematics at Cuyahoga Community College
Robert Gingell ’77
MAJOR: Computer Engineering
OCCUPATION: Energy Harbors Corp./Co-Founder & CTO
Andrew Wasynczuk ’79,
MS '79
MAJOR: Electrical Engineering
OCCUPATION: Harvard Business School/Senior Lecturer of Business Administration
Michael Zink '81
MAJOR: Chemical Engineering
OCCUPATION: Citi-Managing Director/Retired
Tien-Li Chia MS ‘82, PhD '85
MAJOR: Systems and Controls
OCCUPATION: Controlsoft/President
Jeffrey Duerk PhD '87
MAJOR: Biomedical Engineering
OCCUPATION: Provost and Executive VP/University of Miami
Enrique Conterno ’89
MAJOR: Mechanical Engineering
OCCUPATION: FibroGen, Inc./CEO
Joe Fakult ’90
MAJOR: Mechanical Engineering
OCCUPATION: Safron Power USA/Engineering Team Lead
Laura Flanagan ’90
MAJOR: -Systems and Control
OCCUPATION: Callaway Golf/Board of Directors, Core-Mark International/Board of Directors
Ram Fish ’95, MS '95
MAJOR: Computer Engineering
OCCUPATION: 19 Labs/Founder & CEO
W. Todd Martin ’96
MAJOR: Mechanical Engineering
OCCUPATION: CapitalWorks, LLC/Managing Director
Alex Derbes ’00
MAJOR: Computer Science
OCCUPATION: Gilder Gagnon Howe & Co./Portfolio Manager
Fulter Hong ’02, MEM '03
MAJOR: Electrical Engineering
OCCUPATION: Google/Sr. Manager-Global Business Operations
Rebecca Hong ’03, MD
MAJOR: CWRU/College of Arts and Sciences
OCCUPATION: Pediatric Anesthesiologist/CS Mott Children's Hospital University of Michigan
Ian Charnas ’05
MAJOR: Computer Engineering/Mechanical Engineering
OCCUPATION: Sears think[box]/Director of Innovation and Technology
Hillary Emer ’07, MSE '07
MAJOR: Mechanical Engineering
OCCUPATION: Relias/Director of Strategic Programs, Business Analytics and Systems
Matthew Crowley ’08
MAJOR: Computer Engineering
OCCUPATION: Cyprus Lake/Co-Founder and Principal
Corey Wright ’11, MEM '13
MAJOR: Aerospace Engineering/Mechanical Engineering
OCCUPATION: DeveloCo/Project Manager & Salesforce Consultant
Stephanie Hippo ’16
MAJOR: Computer Science
OCCUPATION: Google/Senior Site Reliability Engineer & Manager