Curators

Jean Petermann Kemp

Jean Petermann Kemp arrived at the museum in time to work on as a Museum assistant with Jane Stebbins, unpacking and setting up the Robbe collection.

Kemp being the museum assistant went to Cranbrook Museum in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Taking all the suggestions and ideas together, mixed well with Arminta Neal's "Help for the Small Museum", Kemp finally came up with drawings of desired cases for the architect, a desk-top cardboard model of the proposed museum and lists of all the equipment desired

In October 1975, Jean Petermann Kemp was given the title of curator. She and Dr. Freyberger worked out the first written policies for the museum. in January 1976, the museum sent specimens of Michigan Minerals to the Smithsonian Institute in Washington D.C. to be used as part of the Bicentennial Exhibition.

Jean retired the position of curator in 1986, and now resides in Laurium, Michigan.

In 1995 Jean was inducted into MTU's Academy of Geological Engineering and Sciences.