Robert C. Wylie, P.E., R.L.S., Class of '47
Mr. Robert C. Wylie, a 1947 civil engineering
graduate of Michigan Tech, is Retired President of the Wisconsin
Valley Improvement Company in Wausau, Wisconsin, serving in
many capacities for the Company for over 40 years. The Wisconsin
Valley Improvement Company is a private organization that
operates a system of 21 storage reservoirs on the Wisconsin
River for the purpose of stream control, regulation and augmentation,
hydroelectric generation, and flood control. He also served
three years with the combat engineers of the 95th Infantry
Division.
Mr. Wylie has an outstanding record of professional
and community service. Professional service included being
a member of the Governor's Water Resource Commission, the
Upper Mississippi River Basin Advisory Committee, and National
and Wisconsin Societies of Professional Engineers. Civic service
included Board of Directors and Secretary of Wausau Hospital,
Inc., president of the Wausau Area Chamber of Commerce, and
natural resource committee member of the Chamber of Commerce
of the United States. In retirement, Robert is still active
in community affairs including being secretary of the Lake
Wausau Management Committee. He is a member of the Wisconsin
Valley Musicians Symphonic Band and Jazz Band, the Wausau
Concert Band, the Experimental Aircraft Association, and the
Wausau Area Community Options Assessment Steering Committee.
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