Carroll College has produced many outstanding engineering alumni. Each has used his or her unique talents to enhance their profession and communities. Two of them are featured on this page.
Ray Messer
Montana native Raymond F. Messer, P.E., started his engineering career in Carroll's 3-2 program where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics. He spent two years at Columbia University, earning a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering in 1970 and later a Master of Science in Engineering Mechanics.
Ray joined his current engineering firm, Walter P. Moore, in 1981 and became president in 1993. At that time, the firm had four offices and provided structural, civil and traffic engineering services. Today, Walter P. Moore has more than 400 professionals in 13 U.S. cities. It now serves clients in the areas of structural diagnostics, transportation engineering and parking consulting. Under Ray's direction, Walter P. Moore has won numerous prestigious awards for engineering solutions.
Ray is currently a member of Carroll's Board of Trustees. Contact Ray Messer: rmesser -is-at- walterpmoore -dot- com
Laura Kohler
A native of Spokane Washington, Laura Kohler is a 2007 civil engineering graduate. While at Carroll Laura was active in theatre and president of a student service organization called Engineers Without Borders (EWB).
In May 2007 nine members of Carroll College's student chapter of EWB embarked on their first international service project, traveling to the Santa Maria del Méxicano orphanage in the state of Queretaro, Mexico, to replace an open sewer with a modern treatment system. Laura was a leading member of the team.
Laura is now in the Peace Corps working on water projects in Honduras.