Norman Sinclair

One of John T. Parsons’ earliest memories was using a file on a piece of iron when he was 3 years old. It was a fitting precursor to a long career in engineering that...

A lunch date with a schoolmate, arranged by twin brothers Howard and Dudley Holmes at their Chelsea home in April 1930, provided the catalyst for a new industry in Michigan — and the world...

Using the fortune his invention generated through The Upjohn Co., which he founded with his three brothers, W.E., as he was known, created an unmatchable legacy that continues to benefit today’s Kalamazoo residents. Upjohn...

 Over the years, hundreds of students at Lawrence Technological University in Southfield revered their late professor, Kenneth Cook. It turns out they owe the special bond they shared to his modest childhood in the...

After graduating from the University of Michigan in 2007, Nick Vettraino spurned the family business, packed up his freshly minted psychology degree, and moved to Connecticut, where he took a job with ESPN. After two...

Dan Vasquez’s rise to leading Rocket Mortgage’s artificial intelligence (AI) future began when David Vasquez, his uncle and mentor, flipped from being a CPA and turned his computer programming hobby into a full-time job. At...

A month-long stay in the Cleveland Clinic treating a rare congenital condition with an equally rare innovative surgery might be too much for most patients to endure. That wasn’t the case with Christina Kalfaian. Instead,...

When Jennifer Borowy enrolled at Walsh University in North Canton, Ohio, in 2005, her goal was to teach math or English to middle school students. A part-time job as a bank teller, however, changed...

Credited with filing 36 patents, Okemos native Donald B. Keck and two other scientists brought forward fiber optic cables in 1970 that paved the way for the internet.

In 1910, seven years after Wilbur and Orville Wright made history with the world’s first powered flight in their Kitty Hawk Flyer, Clarence L. Johnson was born in Ishpeming in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.As a...