Steven E. Williams, P.E., Class of '73
Mr. Steven Williams completed his baccalaureate
and master's degree in civil engineering from Michigan Tech
in 1973. He is currently a Principal with Williams & Works,
Inc., a professional engineering firm headquartered in Grand
Rapids. After completing his graduate degree, Mr. Williams
was employed by Howard Needles Tammen and Bergendoff, an international
consulting engineering firm, in its Milwaukee office. While
there, he invented a unique device for measuring flow in gravity
sewers. In 1977 he returned to Grand Rapids to join the firm
of Williams & Works, founded by his great grandfather
and incorporated in 1924. In 1980, he managed a project for
the City of Detroit that saved the City nearly $30 million
and won the highest national award for engineering consulting.
Summit Environmental purchased Williams & Works in 1989
and in 1994 Earth Tech purchased Summit. In 1995, he left
Earth Tech as Director of Water/Wastewater Programs to re-form
Williams & Works with six other senior staff members of
Earth Tech. He was Managing Principal of Williams & Works
through 1999.
Mr. Williams is a registered Professional
Engineer in Michigan, North Carolina, Wisconsin (non active)
and Minnesota (non active) and is a member of numerous professional
and technical organizations. Steve served on the Michigan
Tech Civil and Environmental Engineering Professional Advisory
Committee (CEEPAC) for several years and is currently an emeritus
member. While at Michigan Tech, he was a member of Delta Sigma
Phi social fraternity and was the student government representative
to the City of Houghton Chamber of Commerce. Steve is the
son of Theodore (T.C.) and Dora Williams and is originally
from Grand Rapids. He and his wife, Linda, who is a 1973 Bachelor
of Arts graduate of Michigan Tech, have been active in their
support of Michigan Tech and the Civil and Environmental Engineering
Department. Their daughter, Perry, is currently enrolled in
Biological Sciences and their son, Alex, will be enrolling
in Civil Engineering at Michigan Tech this coming fall semester.
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