Bruce S. Fraser

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Graduate Profile: Bruce S. Fraser

Bruce S. Fraser has used his chemistry major to pursue a variety of career fields.

Now a software engineering manager with Lockheed Martin Corp., the 1976 graduate continued his education at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and moved to Los Angeles to be a salesman for an oil and petroleum company.

"Alma College has a better concentrated educational experience and more individualized and hands-on education and training. "

He then went into the United States Air Force with a focus in meteorology. His time in the military also peaked his interest in computer science, which has been his field ever since.

“I wanted a career in science in a field other than biology,” he says. “Alma College has a better concentrated educational experience and more individualized and hands-on education and training.”

While at Alma, Fraser was a drummer in the Kiltie Marching Band, a waiter at Saga Foods and a switchboard operator for Wright and Gelston halls.

Alma's "green" residence hall, Wright Hall, was completed in January 2005. The modern, 60-bed apartment-style hall features a number of environmentally friendly features, including geothermal heating and cooling, recycled-content ceiling tiles and carpeting, energy-efficient windows, rooftop solar heating panels, energy-efficient showers and washing machines, and a computerized energy monitoring system....

Katie Wibby
Graduation: 2001
Major: Chemistry

Katie Wibby felt nothing but prepared to teach chemistry after her Alma College education.

“Having a chemistry degree was important because it made sure that I fully understood the chemistry that I would be teaching,” the 2001 graduate says. “My upper-level classes helped me to understand the theory behind the elementary chemistry concepts. I worked with a local chemistry teacher on my thesis project, and that helped me prepare for student teaching.”