Bio: Larson, Mark – Western Wis. Tech Grad (1976)

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Larson

---------Source: Owen Enterprise (Owen, Clark County, Wis.) 16 Jun 1976

At formal graduation exercises on May 27, 1976, Western Wisconsin Technical Institute graduated 760 students who had successful completed full time instructional program.

This was the largest graduating class in the Institute’s history. Formal graduation programs were started ten years ago, in 1966, when the school first graduated students from associate degree courses, and was made a technical institute.

Graduating classes have grown each years since 1966, when 42 students were granted associate degrees, and 111 graduates received vocational diplomas, for a total graduating class of 153 students.

This year, 1976, the associate degree was awarded to 433 graduates, who successfully complete two-year technical programs, and 327 received diplomas for completing one and two year vocational courses.

Among the 1976 graduates from the area was Mark R. Larson, in Bio-Medical Electronics.