Dr. Ferid Murad, co-winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize for Medicine, will be at Michigan Tech May 18 to present the latest lecture in the University's Melvin Calvin Nobel Laureate Series. He won the Nobel Prize with colleagues Dr. Robert Furchgott and Dr. Louis Ignarro for their discoveries concerning nitric oxide as a signaling molecule in the cardiovascular system. The Michigan DNR has refused a proposed land swap with Champion International's Lake Superior Land Company. Champion had proposed trading 20,000 acres at the tip of the Keweenaw, including eight miles of shoreline, for state forest land in Houghton County. The Houghton Rotary's popular Seafood Fest, June 16-18, is relocating from under the parking deck to the Houghton beach and park this year.
Rotary members believe the park is a more desirable location, despite the relative lack of parking.
We're at 3,568 subscribers, with a total readership of around 6,000, when you count those on internal company distribution systems. The MTU Detroit Alumni Chapter golf outing is scheduled for Saturday, June 17, at the Mystic Creek Golf Club in Milford. The annual Green Bay area golf outing, at Mid Valley Golf Course, is planned for May 24. May 24 Green Bay area golf outing, Mid Valley Golf Course. Money goes to MTU athletics.