Professor Emeritus Julius T. Nachazel was born in 1893 in Traverse City, Michigan and received his early education in Traverse City before attending a trade school in New York City, which is now part of Columbia University. In 1922 he left New York and entered the Michigan College of Mines (now Michigan Technological University) in Houghton, Michigan. He received his B.S and E.M. degrees in became a member of the staff in 1926. He served as assistant professor of mathematics, superintendent of equipment, full-time director of extension and student recruiter. He was instrumental in the establishment of the Army ROTC in 1928, one of the first on any college campus in the United States. During the depression and lead up to World War II, he was director of jobs corps training for young men which was conducted on campus, although under the auspices of the National Youth Administration. Nachazel was a veteran of World War I where he served in the Army and was wounded in the Argonne-Meuse offensive. He was also active in the community and civic affairs. He served three terms as president of the Village of Houghton, was director of Civil Defense for Houghton County and served as class agent for the Development Fund and the Michigan Tech Foundation. Julius T. Nachazel passed away in 1975.