Don Fites was born in 1934 in
Tippecanoe, Indiana. He attended
Valparaiso University, where he joined
Phi Kappa Psi. He graduated with a
B.S. in
Civil Engineering in 1956, and soon after joined Caterpillar. He attended
Valparaiso University in 1956. He then attended the
MIT Sloan School of Management as a
Sloan Fellow, and received his
MBA in 1971. ==Career==