Edward N. Hines was born on Jan. 13, 1870, in St. Louis, Missouri. In a fortunate stroke of serendipity, Hines’ father, a cigar maker, moved the family to Detroit where the young Edward was suddenly thrust into the heart of the American Industrial Revolution. This revolution included the mechanization of agriculture and manufacturing and the […]
Four of the six members of the Mackinac Bridge Authority board and other Bridge Authority officials toured LTU’s Nabil Grace Center for Innovative Materials Research, informally known on campus as the Grace CIMR. Among them was Kirk Steudle, former director of the Michigan Department of Transportation who is now a…