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Leo “Joe” Berger is the retired co-founder of Finite Filter Corporation in��Oxford, Michigan, a company he helped to grow from a workshop- and basement-based��operation in 1970 to an enterprise with an international distribution system,��155 employees, and annual sales of $7 million.

Joe graduated from Benton Harbor Junior College - the predecessor of Lake��Michigan College – in 1950 with an Associate in Science degree and earned a��Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University in��1953.

After working nearly 20 years in engineering and marketing and being awarded��seven American and British patents, Joe and his business partner developed a��patented three-dimensional glass fiber filter system on which they built Finite Filter.

With this breakthrough product, Joe led his company to annual average growth��levels of 20 percent. In 1986, they sold the company to Parker Hannifin Corporation��and Joe remained there until 1991 when he retired.

Leo Berger was awarded LMC's Clarence Beckwith Distinguished Alumni Award in 2004.