Peter J. Buchmann
Inducted October 17, 1987

Peter J. Buchmann '60, the director of the annual "MacInnes Memorial Classic" alumni hockey game played each year during the Alumni Homecoming, has become the unofficial alumni director for the hockey Huskies.

Buchmann captained the Huskies' hockey team during the 1958-59 season, capping a three-year varsity career. He went on to play with the semi-pro Green Bay Bobcats from 1959 until 1965, and coached the team from 1965-70. He was also an assistant coach of the U.S. National Team during the 1969 World Games in Stockholm, Sweden. He has coached youth hockey in Green Bay, Wisconsin, for the last 15 years.

Buchmann has continued his Michigan Tech involvement by chairing the MacInnes Memorial Classic every year since 1972. He received the Bob D'Alvise Award, recognizing his contributions to the hockey program, in 1982. He has served on the Michigan Tech Alumni Association Board of Managers since 1982 and is a long-time member of the Huskies Club.

Buchmann holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, and is a registered professional engineer in the state of Wisconsin. After working for several years as section manager for Foth & VanDyke, a Green Bay engineering firm, he has recently formed his own company, also in Green Bay.