George H. Williams, P.E., Class of '52
A native of Hancock, Mr. George H. Williams
earned his baccalaureate in civil engineering from Michigan
Tech in 1952. During his student years, he was active in ASCE,
Kappa Delta Psi, the Varsity Club, Student Council, the Athletic
Board, and the Varsity Hockey Team.
Following graduation, he worked for E.I.
duPont de Nemours Company, Construction Division in Delaware
as an assistant contract engineer. In 1955, he accepted a
field engineer position with Western Knapp Engineering Company
of Hibbing, Minnesota, which later was absorbed into the Davy-McKee
Corporation. He was promoted to field superintendent in 1958,
and to construction manager in 1960, and to project manager
in 1962. George returned to the Keweenaw in 1963 as manager
of engineering maintenance and construction for the Calumet
Division of Calumet and Hecla Company. When Calumet and Hecla
closed in 1968, George returned to Davy-McKee and went to
Chile as project manager for a joint venture with Bechtel.
In 1972, he joined McKee Ingenieros in Madrid, Spain as a
project manager for a joint venture with Rio Tinto Patino
on a smelter expansion. In 1975, he was promoted to vice president
and general manager of McKee Ingenieros. In 1978, he was named
vice president and general manager of A.G. McKee de Mexico.
He retired from Davy-McKee in 1985 and founded Williams Associates
with offices in Houghton and Oakdale, Ontario. His projects
with Williams Associates have included material handling for
a multi-million dollar metal stamping plant at Milton, Ontario
and a 242 million dollar expansion of an Indonesian nickel
plant.
Recently, Mr. Williams has been active as
an engineering practitioner-lecturer in giving presentations
to senior and graduate engineering students on "International
Engineering Projects", and related topics. Mr. Williams
is a member of the Michigan Tech President's Club, and has
served as a Century II Campaign Volunteer. In 1986, he received
the Michigan Tech Board of Control Silver Medal. George and
his wife "Babe" (the former Eleanor Kirkish of Houghton)
have four sons and a daughter and reside in Houghton. All
four of their sons received degrees from Michigan Tech.
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