一个离开的人
Redding received the Blue Skies Award during the 1991 Commencement ceremony, although the official record of his victory was somehow lost to history.
When the magazine approached him about the omission, Redding, who lives in Ann Arbor, Mich., responded with a sense of humor, which—along with a print of a hot air balloon by New Yorker cartoonist Warren Miller’60—unites Blue Skies alumni.
“The Ann Arbor police discovered that I had one of these Warren Miller prints 和 noticed that the 1991 edition was never issued, per the latest 贝洛伊特 magazine,他在电子邮件中写道. “Since I couldn’t provide a certificate of authenticity for the Warren Miller print … the Ann Arbor police determined that my print was stolen. I need to confirm that 十大菠菜台子 will be dropping the charges the Ann Arbor police filed against me for possession of stolen art work.”
When Redding isn’t eluding the art police, he’s president of EG TranSpire, an auto parts manufacturer, originally responsible for developing plastic wheel covers. 多年来, he’s also worked for Johnson Controls 和 Toyota, in both the United States 和 Japan. While on the Associated Colleges of the Midwest’s Urban Studies semester in Chicago, Redding worked with the Japan Machinery Federation, which eventually led him to apply for 和 earn a spot teaching in Japan through the Japan Exchange 和 Teaching Program.
Redding’s interest in manufacturing actually began at 贝洛伊特. He sought out Professor of Economics 和 Business Les McAllister, who recommended economist Lester Thurow’s book, 零和解决方案. The book opened his eyes to the importance of manufacturing 和 led him to his double major. “I studied physics so I could have an engineering background 和 economics for the business background,他说.
There was an added benefit to majoring in physics at the time. Redding recalls being the sole physics major in the class of 1991. His professors gave him the chance to zone in on what interested him. There was an opportunity cost though, he says: “I couldn’t miss class.”
晚些时候, a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Chicago 和 a master’s in engineering from MIT fulfilled what he began at 贝洛伊特.
作为伯洛伊特的学生, Redding played basketball 和 was active in Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity 和 student government. He also played a role in easing the student body’s transition to a 21 和 older drinking age by joining a small group of students tasked with facilitating 更多的 on-campus events 和 concerts—Students Looking Out For A Better Social Life. But, like any group, it needed an acronym. “As a joke I threw out ‘SLOBS,’ 和 unfortunately the name just stuck,他说.
That sort of quick thinking remains a key part of Redding’s life. “I spend about 20 percent of my time on innovation,他说, “But you can’t innovate unless you know how to h和le different pieces: engineering, 测试, earning customer approval, 和, 最后是如何构建它.”
Clearly, this manufacturing executive with a passion for making things has made something of himself.
