Louis C. Verrette, Class of '34
Mr. Louis C. Verrette, a 1934 civil engineering
graduate of Michigan Tech, was Chairman of the Board of Champion,
Inc. of Iron Mountain, MI. After graduation, Louis worked
as a Civil Engineer in the St. Louis area on highway construction
projects. He returned to Iron Mountain in 1937 to accept a
job with the Service and Supply Company. Mr. Verrette entered
the Army Corps of Engineers in 1941 and was stationed at the
Corps Research and Development Center at Fort Belvoir, Virginia.
He returned to Iron Mountain in 1946 and purchased the Champion
Gravel Company, which he developed into Champion, Inc., a
major construction company, an electric supply business, and
concrete supply company. He was on the Michigan Tech Board
of Control from 1961 to 1965. He was a member of Michigan
Tech's President's Club.
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