Mike Clifton

Mike Clifton has been an instructor at Lake Washington Technical College for several years. Prior to becoming an instructor, he was a machinist at Rocket Research (Olin Aerospace/Primex) for 12 years. Prior to that he spent 6 years working as a machinist in job shops, including Miller Machine, Complex Tooling, and Sinclair Machine.

Mike completed a 1000-hour certificate in Machining at Boulder Valley Area Vocational Technical Institute in 1976. He completed his apprenticeship at Rockwell International in Rocky Flats, Colorado in 1982.