Davis Dresser, CE '27
Joined his wife, Helen McCloy, to found Torquil Publishing Company, which published his books under the pseudonym of Brett Halliday, writer of the famous Michael Shayne detective series.

Kaname Kitsuda, ME '32
Joined his Kitsuda Engineering Company in Tokyo, Japan with the Homer Donaldson Company in a joint venture to form Kecy Products in Hudson, Mich. From six employees and only 16,000 square feet, Kecy has expanded into an 84,000-square-foot facility.

Edwin Tucker (E.T.) Reynold, BAD ‘32
Helped develop the Studebaker automobile.

Ralph W. Ketner, AC '39
Co-founded Food Lion LLC, which operates more than 1,200 supermarkets, either directly or through affiliated entities, under the names of Food Lion, Bloom, Bottom Dollar Food, Harvey¹s, and Reid¹s. Food Lion LLC employs approximately 73,000 associates in 11 Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic states.

Richard G. Nill, ME '39
Founded the Fort Wayne Tool and Die Company.

Jack Geiler, BA '47
Incorporated Geiler Company, a 100-year-old plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and piping business in Cincinnati, Ohio.

William Gettig, ME '49
Started Gettig Engineering and Manufacturing Company, which produces the Shedda golf bag carrier, Ti-Ex tie display system, and Gettig Tape and Labeling System, along with being a wire harness and terminal lead assembly facility.

John Reel, ME '49
Joined his father, Leonard, and brother, Frenchy, at Reel Pipe and Valve in Indianapolis. The company is a pipe, valve, and fitting manufacturer.

James Thourlby, BAD ‘49
Became the first Marlboro man seen in many commercials and billboards across the country.

Jimmie Caldwell, ChE '51
President of Geiger & Peters Inc., a steel fabricating and erecting company, serving the construction industry in Indianapolis, Ind.

Joe Jelley, BAD '57
Created one of the largest real estate agencies in San Diego County, Calif., Jelley Properties.

Richard Longsderff, EE '59
Along with G. Yale Eastman, founded Thermacore International, Inc to develop and manufacture high-performance thermal solutions for the cooling of electronic components and systems.

John B. Pellegrino Sr., CE '60
Developed Ridg U Rak, Inc., an innovative storage system that reduces the risk of personal injury and product loss during a moderate to severe earthquake.

Alfons F. Goosens, EE '61
Founded Quintron Corp. The company specializes in engineering and manufacturing, with decades of proven performance in the design, development, and deployment of integrated communications and security systems.

Dwight Donaldson, EE '64
Started D&L Communications in Fort Wayne, Ind., which would become the largest GE Mobile Communications company in the world, with over 105 employees that install systems.

Ron Cook, BAD '65
Combined with Bill Dunbar and Bernie Shepard to form DCS, an accounting firm in Indianapolis, Ind.

Ray Lothery, BAD ‘65
Played for the Harlem Globe-Trotters.

James Morley, CE '65
Joined Lee McClellan and Danny Leek to form Morley and Associates as a civil engineering and survey firm, which has developed into a multidiscipline firm with a track record in commercial, government, and industrial design.

Michael Stoll, EE '65
Joined Ed Krepps and John Haines to begin their logger/recorder manufacturing business, Record/Play Tek, Inc., in Bristol, Ind.

Mitchel E. Rhoads, BS '66
Founded Rhoads Holdings, which includes interests in LePeep Restaurants, Mountain State Provisioners, Benefico Santa Rosa, Finca Isis Estate Coffee, and Dawnbreakers Venture Capital.

Tim Markley, BA '72
Joined Markley Enterprises in Elkhart, Ind. The company specializes in the design, production, and distribution of sales and marketing support products.

Dan Moffet, AMDT '75
Took over Moffett Precision Products, which designed the passport tipping machine for the U.S. government in 1990.

Keith Turner, ME '76, and Rick James, BAD '76
Decided to partner in acquiring an existing foundry and build it into Metal Technologies. They built their business to encompass the globe, with five plants in Germany, Mexico, and Canada, as well as in the U.S.

John Juve, BAD '77
Developed a 450-acre retirement village east of Sebring, Fla., called The Villages of Highlands Ridge, protecting more than 100 acres of native habitat. He is also the owner of Portage Communities in Tampa, Fla.

Jerry, ME '78, and Jorja Allen, BAD '78
Founded the communications-based business Vikimatic Sales, building it into a premier distributor of fiber optic construction products. The company is now a private line within TVC Communications.

Marty Hiller, MK '82
Became president of The Hiller Group, founded in 1975 by Hiller¹s father, Wesley, as a seller of energy products. Today, under Marty Hiller¹s leadership, the company sells carbon products throughout the world and is one of the largest aviation fuel resellers in the United States.

Deborah Gosselin, CE '84
Established Gosselin Group, Inc. in Grand Rapids, Mich., which specializes in civil engineering, surveying, planning, plan review, and land splits.

Jennifer DuCharme, BAD and MK '00
Became owner and president of DuCharme, LLC, lending her services as a principal partner in the marketing and design firm KZZ443 LLC, located in Fort Wayne, Ind.