WPI Class of 1960 50th Reunion June 3-6, 2010
Dedication
The WPI Class of 1960 dedicates this 50th Reunion Yearbook to WPI and its outstanding teachers, who have enriched our lives over these past 50 years; To our class-mates, here and departed; To our parents and families, who nurtured and encouraged us throughout our lives; To fond memories of our college years; And to optimism for the future.
Sincere thanks are due to everyone who helped make our 50th Reunion the great success that it was. We express our appreciation to all the classmates and spouses that contributed ideas and suggestions for the Reunion and helped in planning the weekend; to classmates who participated in phonathons, sent e-mail messages and wrote letters; to classmates who organized and carried out the Class Gift Campaign; and to all those who contributed material for this Reunion Yearbook. Most important of all, thanks to all our classmates and guests who returned to WPI to help make our 50th Reunion an especially enjoyable and memorable event. Special thanks are due to the many WPI staff members whose guidance and hard work made it possible for our classmates and guests to enjoy a very special reunion. Sincerely,
The 1960Reunion Committee
In Memoriam This year book is dedicated to those classmates who were part of our lives but live now only in our memory. Lawrence C. Berger, 1997 Raymond F. Biedrzycki, 1990 Frederick S. Buma Jr., 2004 Donald E. Cloud, 2005 Lawrence W. Cochrane, 2006 Barry S. Collins, 1962 Donat O. Desrosiers, 1961 Edward P. Donoghue, 1993 John D. Driscoll, 2006 Frank A. Droms Jr., 1993 Cornelius J. Enright Jr., 1997 Jerry B. Gibbs, 2002 Robert W. Goodfader, 2002 Kenneth B. Halvorsen, 2008 Donald L. Harper, 2004 Stephen J. Hewick, 2001 W. Kenneth Hildick, 1999 Paul E. Honer, 2008 Richard P. Ibsen, 1973 Irwin Jacobs, 2008 Richard A. Kischell, P.E., 1999 Fred W. Kloiber, 2001 Arthur E. Legall Jr., 2001
Donald C. MacMillan, 2004 John T. Manchester, 2006 Maurice M. Mendes CPA, 1998 Benjamin B. Morgan, 2002 Warren T. Munroe, 2000 William J. Palmer, 1999 Peter J. Piecuch, 2000 Harold J. Pierce, 2002 Harry F. Ray, 1985 Robert E. Reed, 1993 Kenneth Roberts, 2005 Stuart P. Roberts, 1984 Franklin Siegel, 2007 Myron H. Smith, 2004 William M. Spry, 2003 Chester W. Stanhope, 2004 Howard D. Stephenson, 1979 Leonard S. Strzelecki, 1996 Zoltan R. F. Szaloki, 1962 Donald A. Taylor, 1985 Francis G. Toce, 2007 John E. Vandersea, 1977 Walter Zakrzewski Jr., 1984
Paul Bayliss—Chair William M. Aitken Joyce Bayliss Dwight M. Cornell William J. Firla James G. Hackendorf Joanne Jacobs Robert J. Kandall Douglas O. Kendrick William A. Kerr Roger R. LaFontaine Sang Ki Lee Edward E. Lindberg Richard S. Meyer Ronald F. Pokraka Bruce E. Schoppe Robert A. St. Jean Bernard L. Tetreault
Atwater Kent Laboratories
Harrington/Alumni Gym and Higgins Labs
Morgan Hall
·Chubby Checker introduces The Twist at the Peppermint Lounge in New York. ·A Japanese company introduces the first felt-tip pen. ·Xerox introduces the first production paper copier machine ·Before 1960 95% of soft drinks sold in the U.S. are furnished in reusable bottles, but in 1960 aluminum cans are used for the first time. ·2,000 computers are delivered in the U.S. ·Thomas S. Monaghan, borrows $500 to buy a pizza parlor in Detroit, and renames it "Domino's." ·Peaceful sit-in demonstrators seek to integrate southern lunch counters. ·Motown Records makes its first splash with "Shop Around" a #1 R&B hit by The Miracles. ·Roy Orbison has his first major hit with "Only The Lonely" and helps to alter rock songwriting of the 60's to focus on more introspective issues. ·The Ventures hit instrumental "Walk - Don't Run" leads to the creation of surfrock which brings the electric guitar back into prominence. ·The Pittsburgh Pirates defeat the Yankees 4 games to 3 to win the 1960 World Series with Bill Mazeroski's seventh game dramatic home run. ·The Philadelphia Eagles defeat the Green Bay Packers for the NFL championship. ·Alfred Hitchcock's move Psycho is the year's most talked about film. ·The Academy award for Best Picture goes to The Apartment. ·Gunsmoke remains the most popular program ahead of Wagon Train, Have Gun Will Travel, The Andy Griffith Show, and The Real McCoys. ·The Flintstones is television' first prime-time cartoon series. ·Howdy Doody Show ends after 13 years.
2010 Reunion Attendees
Address: 122 Bridge St. Apt. 4 Willimantic CT 06226
Phone Number: (860) 884-4334
E-mail: rpabr@att.net
Employment Status: Retired Family Information: Children — Lynn Abraham (45) Leslie Galbraith (49) I closed my Appliance and TV business in 2008. Divorced the same year and play golf in Connecticut during the summer. I spend my winters in Cape Coral, FL. Living with my brother, Don, playing golf and going to the beach. I have a beautiful granddaughter, Catherine Galbraith, 11 years old. She likes sports and horseback riding. I enjoy visiting my daughters and spending the holidays with my family. I enjoyed sponsoring a men's baseball team in the Norwich Twi-light league from 1982 until 2008. I‘m past Pautipaug CC and also the Downtown Lions Club. I enjoyed my time at WPI and the fraternity life at SAE. I also enjoyed playing baseball for WPI for four years. They were some of the best years of my life. I continued to play baseball until the age of 32. Then it was time to concentrate on golf. Favorite WPI memory: Hell week at the fraternity
Address: 6 Village Lane Haverhill MA 01832
Phone Number: (978) 373-0885
E-mail: billjanarn@aol.com
Employment Status: Retired Family Information: Widowed Children— Ernest III (48), John (46), James (43) Jan-Marie (43) Grandchildren— Lydia (5), Kyle (6), Erica (8), Holly (10), Sean (10), Alex (12), Sara (21) 1960-63: MS program at WPI and worked in Acoustices Labe under Prof. Wadsworth and Prof. Beschle. 1962-64: Taught at Worcester Junior College. 1964-96: Taught at Northern Essex Community College in Haverhill, MA. 1965-70: Moved from teaching electronics to teaching Civil Eng. Technology, Surveying, etc. for the rest of my career. 1970-2005: Owned Arnold and Associates Engineers specializing in Septic System testing and design, small subdivision design, site work, etc. Professional Engineer and registered land surveyor in MA and NH, now retired. Introduced residential fire protection sprinkler systems to Haverhill-now required in remote locations. Scout master for eight years during son‘s youth. Married in 1958 to Jan Elizabeth Rawb after my four year Navy Service. Jan died in 2006. My lady is now someone I knew from high school and whom we kept up with during Jan‘s and my life. Favorite WPI Professor: Bill Wadsworth, a very practical man.
Address: 44 Cardinal Drive Dover NH 03820
Phone Number: (603) 343-6157
E-mail: Jpbayliss @comcast.net
Employment Status: Retired Family Information: Wife — Joyce Children— David (47), Jeffrey (45) Grandchildren—Calum (18), Aedan (13), Isaac (12) I worked for AT&T and its affiliates, Bell Laboratories and Western Electric for 32 years retiring as Marketing Vice President of the Network System Division in 1992. I then worked for the University of Southern Maine as Director of Continuing Education for Business for 3 years. Following that, I consulted for several years in the fields of commercial marketing and training. I have been a member of the Boards of several volunteer agencies and a member of the WPI Board of Trustees since 1989. I received the Herbert F. Taylor award in 1990. Favorite WPI Memory: Serving as President of the WPI Alumni Association from 1985-1987. Favorite WPI Professor: Bill Grogan, because he encouraged me to think creatively. I wrote my MBA at NYU on ―The Cultivation of Creativity in Industrial Research and Development.‖
Address: 145 Little Peconic Bay Road Cutchogue, NY 11935
Phone Number: (631) 734-5063
E-mail: brewster @mercyships.org
Employment Status: Retired Family Information: Children — Meghan Bowker Rebecca Stevenson Emily Janke-Brewster Grandchildren — William (13), Elizabeth (11), Everett (11), Emma-Grace (9) & Jill (9) Most of my career was with Westinghouse Nuclear, doing design and construction/startup of power stations around the world. Retirement has taken me to many West African countries as a volunteer photographer/electrician/Chief Radio Officer with Mercy Ships International, serving on their hospital ship, M/V Anastasis. While docked for months in West Africa, Susan (nurse) and I, besides on-ship duties, were also engaged in various humanitarian projects. As a Rotarian, I spearheaded the fund raising which sent over 500 wheelchairs to Sierra Leone and constructed 6 water wells in Liberia. Most recently, we spent 5 weeks with Smile Train engaged in cleft lip/pallet repair, I as photographer, in The Gambia. We expect to return a third time to that needy country in March 2011. As long as God gives me strength, I will continue to return to Africa on a periodic basis. For the last 15 years, I have been the television editor for the Antique Wireless Association, researching and writing articles for their quarterly Journal. A very happy memory at WPI was cheering for our basketball team at Friday night games followed by shooting pool at Sanford-Riley Hall. One of my best experiences at WPI was Professor Grogan giving me encouragement when I was failing an EE course. That made all the difference.
Address: 8200 Talbot Cove Austin TX 78746-4935
Phone Number: (512) 306-9901
E-mail: JRB1@austin.rr.com
Employment Status: Retired Family Information: Wife—Patricia Children— 5 Grandchildren— 13 Invested 36+ years with the Shell (Oil and Chemical) Organization. Moved to Austin, TX six years ago to be closer to children and grandchildren. Taking time to smell the roses and being the best father/grandfather I possibly can. Enjoying home improvement and maintenance project, reading American History, being an avid Boston sports fan, and a UCONN women‘s basketball fan.
Address: 4946 Ashmead Drive Hemet CA 92544
Phone Number: (951) 719-5067
E-mail: Chechiler @aol.com
Employment Status: Retired Family Information: Widowed Children— Margaret (48), Robert Jr. (46), Anne (43), Jennifer (41) Grandchildren— Brianne (21), Brandon (16), Lauren (14), Bryce (12), Abigail (5) After celebrating our 45th wedding anniversary on Thanksgiving day, Irene passed away on March 8, 2010 after a long illness. Favorite WPI Memory: Attending Tech in the fifties, students grades were kept low as a matter of policy. To avoid giving me 100% on a test, the professor knocked me down to a 92% because ―Mr. Chechile, you have all the correct answers, but I could tell you didn‘t quite know what you were doing!‖ No one was allowed to get a 100. Favorite WPI Professor: Professor Kenneth G. Merriam — A tyrant in the classroom that ―forced‖ students to be alert and take notes.
Address: 1128 Andrews Peak Dr. Fort Collins CO 80521
Phone Number: (970) 494-0171
E-mail: Lzcohen @hotmail.com
Employment Status: Retired Family Information: Wife — Linda Children— Eric (42), Margo (45), Michael (44), Sybyl (47), Diana (38) Grandchildren — Davi Levy (21), Nathan (16), Tyler (15), Tirza (24), Matthew (7), Megan (5) Great-grandchildren— Risi (1) Since WPI, I was a physicist and an attorney in California. My wife and I live in Eilat, Israel on the Red Sea 6 months a year. I swim over a mile daily, bike many miles, and hike in the Rockies. I am very happy with my life. Favorite WPI Memory: Graduation Day Favorite WPI Professor: Dr. Parker. He guided me my last three years.
Address: 5761 Random Road Alfred Station, NY 14803
Phone Number: (607) 587-8164
E-mail: fcondrate@alfred.edu
Employment Status: Emeritus Professor of Spectroscopy at NYS College of ceramics at Alfred University Family Information: Wife — Judy Children — Barbara Louise Condrate Venanzi (48) Robert Adam Condrate, Jr. (43) Laura Angela Condrate Schwab (35) Grandchildren — Jordyn Noelle Condrate (11) Benjamin Robert Schwab (6) Avery Elizabeth Schwab (4) Sofia Santina Venanzi (5) After teaching material science and engineering at Alfred University, I am now during retirement a student of humanities, taking over 160 credit hours since retirement. My wife and I also enjoy being with our family and traveling around the world. Favorite WPI memory: Dr. L.P. Grannath‘s lectures in spectroscopy. Favorite professor: Dr. David Todd because he saw the need for graduate school for the career I wanted.
Address: 4327 71st Street N. West Palm Beach FL 33404-4825
Phone Number: (561) 841-7396
E-mail: Dwightcornell @alum.wpi.edu
Employment Status: Retired I guess I am one of a dying breed. I spent nearly thirty years with the Bechtel Group of companies in the field of nuclear power generation. I have been retired since 1993 and spend my time between Florida and Weekapaug, RI. During the winter I teach safe boating classes as part of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary. I also perform complimentary vessel safety checks for pleasure craft up to 65 feet in length.
Address: 49 Starfish Dr. Narragansett RI 02882
Phone Number: (401) 789-4426
E-mail: racrook@cox.net
Employment Status: Retired Family Information: Wife — Mary Children — Teresa, Kevin, Susan, Karen, Alice, Colleen Terry is a WPI Alumni, Class of 1982 Grandchildren — Ryan (class of 2014) I spent 43 years with IBM, retiring in 2003. I held various middle management positions in the semi-conductor development and manufacturing business. My assignments included three overseas assignments in Germany and France. Favorite WPI memory: Many great years at the ―KAP‖. Good times, too many too mention. Favorite professor: Dr. Grogan was my first electrical engineering professor. I learned a lot from him in the classroom but even more outside the class room. Life-long lessons and life-long memories.
Address: 68 High Ridge Rd. Holden MA 01520
Phone Number: (508) 829-3482
Employment Status: Retired Family Information: Wife — Catherine Children— Peter (50), Jody (48), Julie (43) Grandchildren—Michael (22), John (19), Katie (18)
E-mail: Highridgetwo @Verizon.net
Address: 2550 Karen Lane Hatboro, PA 19040
Phone Number: (215) 956-9786
E-mail: dickgess@msn.com
Employment Status: working part-time (almost retired) as a systems analyst at Navmar Applied Sciences Corp Family Information: Wife — Janice Children — Derek (39) WPI – ‗92 Bryan (36) Grandchildren — Ethan (6), Evan (4), Tyler (4) 1960-1967: U.S. Navy - Lieutenant, Tactical Coordinator and Navigator in Patrol Squadron Fifty (VP-50) based at Marine Corps Air Station, Iwakuni, Japan. Flew in P5M aircraft (seaplanes) conducting Anti-Submarine Warfare surveillance and reconnaissance missions in the Sea of Japan and North Yellow Sea. At the Naval Command Systems Support Activity, Washington DC Navy Yard, conducted computer requirements investigations at air/surface/subsurface/and logistics Navy Command sites at east and west coasts, and Navy Sea Frontier Commands at Alaska, Hawaii, Japan, Guam, and Iceland. 1967-present: Brought Navy experience to commercial firms conducting Anti-Submarine Warfare systems analysis, and modeling and simulation support for acoustic and non-acoustic sensors on-board Navy Patrol aircraft. I spent a lifetime of singing in choruses (high school, WPI, and Barbershop), choirs (US Navy Pre-Flight and Church), and octet/quartet (WPI / Barbershop) without knowing how to read notes. I sang by sight-reading relative differences between notes on the scale. In March of 2009 I began piano lessons to be able to read and play music. I am realizing a life long dream (this is hard … maybe that‘s why I didn‘t do it earlier). I am told it takes 10,000 hours of practice to become good at anything ... I'm still working on my first 1,000.
Address: 21 Farrell Terrace Rochester NY 14617
Phone Number: (585) 544-6665
E-mail: Meheah @localnet.com
Employment Status: Retired Family Information: Wife — Mary I graduated and was commissioned on June 10th, then was married the following day, so that means not only was this my 50th college reunion, but also our 50th wedding anniversary! My job after my two year army stint was with General Dynamics in Rochester, New York. I worked the F111 project and soon found out that military projects were not creative engineering jobs! I designed radios for marine communication for a short time at RF communications and then moved onto design projects for process control and the utility industries working for Transmation and Rochester Instrument Systems. I was a member of the IEEERelay Committee for ten years and a contributor to many standards including electromagnetic and SWC standards. In 1964 I became a radio amateur with a call WA2WHQ. In 1981 with two other partners I formed a company called Adtech Inc. to design and manufacture electronic instruments for the process and utility industries. I retired in 2002. I am currently active in the Osher Life Long Learning Center at RIT and am a member of the Technical Advisory Group at the Rochester Museum and Science Center. We have a son living in St. Charles, Illinois and a daughter in Stroudsburg, PA. We have three grandsons. For many years we owned sailboats, but in 2006 bought a trawler and currently live on it six months of each year. Last year we traveled 6,000 miles through Canada, down Lake Michigan, the Mississippi River and the Ohio River. We went through the Kentucky Lakes region to Mobile and across the Gulf to Florida and then up the East Coast and up to Virginia thus completing what is known as The Great Loop.
Address: 4921 SW 10th Ave. Cape Coral Fl 33914
Phone Number: (239) 233-9398
E-mail: dkendrick@nc.rr.com
Employment Status: Retired Family Information: Wife — Ann Children — Robert Kendrick (49) Deborah Eubanks (47) Ann Hadfield and I were married on June 25, 1960 and moved to Philadelphia, PA. I took a job with Raytheon in Wayland, MA in 1961 doing computerdriven display systems for the FAA, Air Force and others. The most rewarding project was a telemetry display for the Saturn booster. I like to think that I helped to put a man on the moon! In 1969 I was part of a group who started Incoterm to design and manufacture low-cost programmable computer displays similar to today's PC. Incoterm was sold it to Honeywell in 1978. In 1979 I became Vice President of Telex Terminal Communications in Raleigh, NC. Telex manufactured IBM compatible 3270 displays. Telex was "put in play" by a Wall Street raider in late 1987. To avoid the "raider" we made a LBO and merged with Memorex, a competitor. Junk bond debt (1.2 Billion) and a poor economy doomed the new company and I left in 1991. I worked on IBM 3270 terminal emulation software for PC's and PC security software until 1997 when I retired. We cruised our boat from Boston to Key West and Key West to Tarpon Springs. Our time is split between Cape Coral, FL (boating and golf) and Raleigh, NC. (golf, camping, and off road driving). Eventually we will sell the house in Cape Coral and return to Raleigh.
Address: 134 Abondance Drive Palm Beach Gardens FL 33410
Phone Number: (561) 624-6085
E-mail: WkerrNewHarbor @aol.com
Employment Status: Retired Family Information: Wife — Joanne After 35 years working in the Aerospace industry and five additional years in the insurance industry, I realized upon retirement that that phase of my life is behind me. By no longer seeking peer and public recognition, I am now able to enjoy my immediate surroundings and set a pace that is more appropriate for my age. We spend our summer months in Maine and winter in Florida. I play golf in Florida and build stone walls in Maine. There is tremendous contrast between the golf community social atmosphere and the laid back fishing community where you are never truly accepted unless your grandparents were locals. In balance, I think we like Maine the best. Favorite WPI memory: I earned extra money by manning the Library on weekends and evenings. I remember helping a very tall elderly woman carry cardboard cartons of ―junk‖ to the back work area of the area of the Library. It was many years later that I realized these were her husband‘s notebooks and models. This memory came back to me in December of 1990 when I was sitting in the Eromesh Rocket Museum in Moscow with Joe Zimonis (‗59) where we successfully negotiated an agreement to license Russian Technology for use in the U.S. Space Program. I also remember locking up the library many nights and strolling down the hall in his slippers was the RED VECTOR. He would scare the hell out of me.
Address: 34 Caroline Dr. Milton MA 02186
Phone Number: (617) 364-2786
E-mail: ivannlou@rcn.com
Employment Status: Retired Family Information: Wife— Louise (‗60) Children— Robert (50), Ellen (49), Stuart (48) Grandchildren— Caitlyn (35), Connie (23), Nyssa (21), Thaddeus (17), Jason (13), Rina (13), Sophia (12), Brian (9), Brenda (2), Joshua (2) My goal at WPI was to prepare myself to be a project engineer. Since WPI, I‘ve spent 33 years as a project engineer in four companies, designing products in the medical, industrial, and military fields.
Address: 117 S. Mayhew TPK Hebron NH 03241
Phone Number: (603) 774-3538
E-mail: rrl@metrocast.net
Employment Status: Retired Family Information: Wife— Carol Children— Mark (45), Paul (44), Matthew (41) Grandchildren— Sidney (10) Chair—New Hampshire Newfound Audubon Committee Chair—Town of Hebron NH Trustees of the Trust Fund Vice Chair—Town of Hebron NH Zoning Board of Appeals Treasurer—Hebron Historical Society Sexton—Town of Hebron NH Cemetery Play Tennis—weekly Play Golf—weekly Shoot Trap—weekly Snow shoe, cross country ski, and downhill ski I don't know how I ever had time to work. Life is wonderful! Favorite WPI Memory: It gave me the ability to interact with my fellow man. Favorite WPI Professor: Bill Grogan, Mentor and Role Model.
Address: 68 High Ridge Rd. Holden MA 01520
Phone Number: (508) 829-3482
E-mail: Highridgetwo @Verizon.net
Employment Status: Retired Family Information: Wife — Catherine Children— Peter (50), Jody (48), Julie (43) Grandchildren—Michael (22), John (19), Katie (18) I want my classmates to know: I am thankful to them for welcoming me, a new comer from Korea over half a century ago, and to WPI for the excellent engineering education the got me launched into a life time career. I am thankful to AT&T for engineering work and further study of engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology and law school study at New York Law School that expanded my career into law, to IT&T and Xerox for breaking me into patent law and to Motorola for a combined career of law, licensing, and cellular phone business development in Asia and Latin America. I am thankful for the opportunity to return to Korea in 1955 to carry out education mission that included the task of helping Handong Global University establish a graduate law school for equipping young people with the skills to become advocated and lawyers ―without borders‖ to help people and nations around the world. Continued...
I thank God for the wisdom, strength, and energy He has given me to carry out the education mission further into developing countries and especially into Cambodia to set up Christian schools and universities and introduce entrepreneurial education program with local NGOs and universities to help Cambodia develop viable and sustainable economy. I covet their prayers and good wishes for the success of my education mission in helping developing nations. Favorite WPI Memories: Freshman/sophomore paddle rush; when I grabbed the paddle and ran like hell away from the sophomores but a giant sophomore lifted me up, like a sack of potatoes, carried me out of bound of football field and yanked away my paddle— the paddle that I wanted so badly to send to my family in Korea as a memento. It is never too late for him to return my paddle. Several of our classmates, especially Larry Berger and Ivan Kirsch, who took me into their homes and fed me and filled me up with wonderful home cooking and friendship. Dean Donald Downing and Ms. Bonnie Schoonover, Head Librarian of WPI, who cared for me, got me out of difficulties of personal nature. Working with foreign students as an active member and President of the Cosmopolitan Club. Favorite WPI Professor: Professor Bill Grogan. I found studying of engineering subjects at WPI very difficult. Professor Grogan had a way of making difficult subject easier to understand. He had a way of identifying problems and seeking solutions to problems. That was contagious to me and helped me through WPI.
Address: 137 Trickey Pond Road Naples, Maine 04055 Family Information: Wife — Daphne Children — Richard Jr. and Martha Grandchildren— Krystle, Nicholas, Alec Great Grandchildren— Kaylee After graduation I went to work in the abrasive industry manufacturing grinding wheels. I started with Cortland Grinding Wheels located in Chester MA. Within ten years Bendix Corporation purchased the company and I was transferred to the American Abrasive (also Bendix owned) crushing plant in Westfield, MA. A while later I was transferred to the Bendix grinding wheel manufacturing plant in Jackson, Michigan. I left Bendix for a short spell in the mid 70s and went to work for Advance Abrasives in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. This didn‘t work out well, and a year later I went to work for National Grinding Wheel in North Tonawanda, New York, a division of Federal Mogul Corporation. This facility was purchased by a private individual. The plant closed and I transferred to Radiac Abrasives plant in Salem, Illinois owned by the same individual. I retired from Radiac and moved to our current location in Naples, Maine, but this wasn‘t the end of the moves. As a side note, the general manager of Radiac Abrasives, David Pryor, was a WPI graduate who died suddenly since reunion weekend. The house we moved to after retirement is on a lake. We knew it needed some modernization, but it turned out to need some very extensive repairs. Three separate contractors told us to tear it down and rebuild. Continued...
So, needing another place to live, we purchased a small house just up the street, moved in, watched the builders of our replacement home pass by each morning, and six months later, moved into the new house. A week later we sold the small temporary house to a family who also wanted a place to stay while they built their new house. Retirement on a lake is great, but Maine winters are too long and the summers are too short. Both Daphne and I keep busy with volunteer work. She is an experienced tour guide for walking tours of Portland‘s East End, West End, the Old Port, the Observation Tower, and East End Cemetery. I have been treasurer for the SME Downeast 46 Chapter for several years. It‘s not very hard work, and I get to go on interesting factory tours several times a year. Being retired doesn‘t mean loosing interest in manufacturing operations.
Address: 15202 Poplar Hill Rd. Accokeck MD 20607
Phone Number: (301) 283-0843
E-mail: bobmarion@msn.com
Employment Status: Retired Family Information: Wife — Marion Children— 5: David (49), Michael (48), Laura (46), John (45), William (42) Grandchildren— 7 I retired from the U.S. Army after 29 years of service as a Colonel. Retired from INTELCAT this year. Seven grandchildren. Mariam and I celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary this year. Enjoying retirement pursuing my hobbies of running, astronomy, and woodworking. Favorite WPI Professor: Professor Grogan for his support and encouragement.
Address: 371 Longley Rd. Groton Ma 01450
Phone Number: (978) 434-1801
E-mail: Bobnerna @charter.net
Employment Status: Retired Family Information: Wife — Erna After graduation, I started working as a Methods Engineer at the Simonds Saw and Steel Co. in Fitchburg, MA. After two years, I was promoted to Mgr. Time Standards Department—a position I held for six years. In 1968, I received an offer from GE, also in Fitchburg. Within 6 months, I became involved in a new plant start-up in Bangor, ME. I moved to Bangor as the Assistant Plant Manager and stayed there until 1971 when I transferred back to Fitchburg to work on turbine generator sets for submarines. I held several different positions, eventually becoming the Project Manager for all Navy Production TG sets. I retired in 1996 after 28 years with GE. I was married to my first wife for 25 years. We had 5 children, one of whom is a WPI graduate. I have been married to Erna for 21 years. She had one son from a previous marriage, so between us, we have 6 children and 9 grand-children. I enjoy playing golf; I also volunteer in my community through my church. Favorite WPI memory: The things I did outside class with my Fraternity brothers and roommates. Favorite WPI Professor: I recall Ray Hagglund, Hartley Grandin, Walt Kistler, and Roy Bourgault. Collectively, they gave me the knowledge that allowed me to be successful with two different companies over my career.
Address: 46 Talcott Rd Guilford, Ct 06437
Phone Number: (203) 453 5603
E-mail: pastoreprjr@aol.com
Employment Status: Retired Family Information: Wife— Marilou; Celebrating 50th wedding anniversary Children— 3, Grandchildren— 2 Upon graduation, I went to work in the precast concrete industry, beginning as a design engineer, rising to chief engineer. I obtained my PE licenses in four states in support of the areas of business. Projects included bridges, commercial and industrial buildings, parking garages, hi-rise housing, warehouses, banking headquarters, and corporate office buildings. After 16 years of building design, I joined the Turner Corp. in NY as Sales Engineer, progressing through the ranks to Project Executive. At any one time, I was responsible for four simultaneous projects in various areas of New England. In 1986, I was transferred to the International Division of Turner, also as Project Executive. Over the 6 years in International, I was involved in the development and construction of building projects in twenty foreign countries, and the Southern Caribbean. Some of these projects required US State Dept. security clearance, since they involved US Embassy work worldwide. Continued...
Others were in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Still others in Turkey, Spain, the South Pacific, Bermuda, and the Mediterranean countries of Europe. This work was extremely enjoyable, culturally enlightening, and professionally very satisfying. Marilou was able to accompany me on many trips to many countries. In 1989, I returned to Turner‘s NY Office, taking responsibility as Project Executive for the construction of a 42 story office building protruding through a remaining 6 story post office, down into and through two levels of Grand Central Station. The address today is known as 450 Lexington Ave. It was written up in a ‘91 issue of ENR, and a ‘94 issue of Building Design & Construction magazine. In 1992, having been involved in the development of work for Turner in Bermuda (Turner owned a portion of the company) since 1988, I took on the full responsibility of the Bermuda General Contracting Company for Turner as General Manager/Managing Director, and my wife and I moved to Bermuda full time. After having established statutory residency, I obtained my Bermuda PE license, adding another level of prestige when dealing with local professionals for the award of work. While there, Roger Perry WPI ‗45, having heard about me, wrote an article and published it in the WPI Wire. Over the period, we have established lasting friendships with various countrymen, which survive today. In retirement, we play lots of tennis, are at the gym regularly, travel to broaden our horizons, see family often, and try to stay healthy. Hobbies include building and renovations to our home, and those of the three children and their families. Favorite WPI Memory: A lasting memory is how my roommates and I, who lived at the ―Chapel‖, magically found one another amidst a sea of students. We came together as a result of being members of Phi Kappa Theta, and somehow had chemistry that immediately jelled. We remain best of friends, in touch annually, lunching often. You may remember them – Jack, Mike, Billy (Holy Cross), Ronnie, and Joe. Favorite WPI Professor: Actually, more than one! Professor Koontz for his guidance, structures courses, and friendship; Professor Wildt for teaching me the qualities of Concrete which I needed in the first 16 years of my career; and Prof. Meyer whose teaching methods surpassed all others.
Address: 16 Cachalot Lane Falmouth MA 02540
Phone Number: (508) 548 7230
E-mail: rpokraka@aol.com
Employment Status: Working— Double ―O‖ Limo, Driver Family Information: Wife — Claire 5 children, Ages 39-48 12 Grandchildren, Ages 2-19 I run a limousine company 365 days a year. I don‘t have a favorite WPI memory, it was all great. My favorite WPI Professor was Bill Grogan.
Address: 11 Ponderosa Lane Palm Coast, FL 32164
Phone Number: (774) 249-0018
E-mail: pacsoyb@people.pc.com
Employment Status: Retired Family Information: Widowed Children— Peter, Kathleen Grandchildren— Douglas, Nicholas, Noah Upon leaving WPI, I was employed in over a dozen companies along the east coast hold positions as engineer, engineering manager, production manager, plant manager, quality engineer, quality engineering manager, manufacturing engineer and manager, and materials manager. I was never bored and made many friends who I continue to correspond or lunch with upon retirement. I was blessed with a devoted and supportive mate and family which was my prime interest. My son works as an international software support manager. My daughter is a professor at a university and holds a doctorate. I continue to devote my time to my family and grandsons. My family is a comfort and joy to me in my retirement. Favorite WPI Memory: All the time at WPI I was happy and engaged with no responsibilities and an opportunity to achieve a degree which allowed me to do anything that interested me. It was an opportunity of a lifetime. No regrets. Favorite WPI Professor: All the professors during my time at WPI always took an intense interest in their students. I believe their complete devotion to the goals of WPI allowed the university to thrive, expand and become renowned for its‘ offerings.
Address: 4875 Mascagni St. Ventura CA, 93003
Phone Number: (805) 658-2396
E-mail: Bschoppe6698 @sbcglobal.net
Employment Status: Working/Retired Family Information: Wife — Joyce, Children— Lynda G., Robert B. and Kurt E. Grandchildren—Megan (19); Justin (16); Taylor (18); Hayley (15) and Paige (12) My career began in a traditional way, working as a chemical engineer for Monsanto in Springfield and, later, as plant manager in Santa Clara, California. I left Monsanto in 1980 rather than leave California and spent several years with a company called Free Flow Packaging in Redwood City as director of manufacturing. In the late 1980's, I did a career change becoming general manager of the Santa Clara Convention Center until I retired in 1999. Joyce and I are actively retired, living in southern California near our children and grandchildren. I work part-time for my son's equipment rental business in Santa Barbara. I am also president of the local Audubon Society. Joyce is a docent for the museum and has an active role in several other local organizations. We enjoy travel, photography and birding. Favorite WPI memory: Midway through WPI, I took advantage of newly available "liberal arts" courses as I realized I probably wasn't meant to spend my life in a lab. I'm glad that I did because as I navigated my way through a career, those classes helped me adapt to the opportunities that presented themselves. I have always been grateful for my WPI education, in part because it prepared me to be flexible. Much happens in a 40 year career that you as a "wet behind the ears" 21 year old cannot possibly foresee. When I look back and contemplate the changes that have occurred in my lifetime, I am amazed and, I look forward to seeing what else will happen in the time that I have left. Favorite WPI Professor: I loved and hated them all at different times!
Address: 22 Fellen Road Storrs CT 06268
Phone Number: (860) 481-0341
E-mail: Howardsholl @sbcglobal.net
Employment Status: Retired Family Information: Wife — Beverly Children— Pamela (49), Lisa (44) Grandchildren—Daniel (25), Rachel (20), Kacey (15), Justin (16), Hannah (14)
Address: 80 Whitewood Rd. Newington CT 06111
Phone Number: (860) 666-3643
E-mail: Pbstewart1238 @att.net
Employment Status: Retired Family Information: Wife — Linda Children — Jennifer, Jeffrey, Todd, Carolyn, and Douglas Grandchildren — Steven (21), Jessica (20), Kristen (19) and Amanda (18)
I retired from Industrial Risk Insurers in Hartford in 1997 after 36 years of service in various loss prevention and management positions. I currently do volunteer work in an area nursing home in the recreational therapy area.
Address: 45 Lake Dr. Parkersburg WV 26101
Phone Number: (304) 428-3897
E-mail: Bobgeek @suddenlink.net
Employment Status: Retired Family Information: Wife — Sue (46 years) Children— Jennifer St. Jean Caldwell (43), Robert S. St. Jean (42), Sarah St. Jean Connelly (38), Allen A. St. Jean (38) Grandchildren—Hope (17), Jacob (15), Alison (14), Lauren (11), Eric (8), Wesley (7), Abigail (6), Katie (5), Anna (5), Evan (4), Will (2) Career: Chemical Engineer with United Elastic 1960-1963, Marbon Chemical 1963-1968, Borg Warner Chemicals 1968-1988, GE Plastics 1988-1996. I‘m a member of St. Paul United Methodist Church in Parkersburg, WV for 46 years—Small Group Studies, Sunday School Teacher, Admin Board Member, Maintenance Leader for 100+ year old building, and sound technician. I have taken up ballroom dancing, still learning news steps and enjoying 3 dance clubs. I maintain physical fitness at the YMCA several days a week. I enjoy long weekends and vacation time with family and friends at my second home in Hot Springs, VA. Goals for the future: Stay healthy, have fun, and maintain close relationships with family and friends. Favorite WPI Professor: I likes them all! Related to students well!
Address: 43 Sugarhill Rd. Harmony ME 04942
Employment Status: Retired
Phone Number: (207) 683-2250
Address: 43 Sugarhill Rd. Harmony ME 04942
Phone Number: (207) 683-2250
If I get to live long enough I intend to write my memoirs entitled "Secrets of Doing Well While Doing Good‖. I am using this as preparation for that future publication. Chapter one will open with the main reason for any modicum of success that I have achieved in my life i.e. marrying Karen Boston, from Toledo, Ohio. We met in Nassau Bahamas in January 1963 following completion of my graduate studies at Cornell University for a Master in Public Administration degree. The short version of this story is that after three days with her in the Bahamas where she was working, I returned home, told my mother that I had met the woman that I was going to marry. For those of you who knew this reticent, cautious and conservative New Englander, you can appreciate how out of character for me statements and actions like that were. After six more days together over the course of the next year Karen moved to Connecticut in April 1964 where I was working at the time. We were engaged in June and married in October. On our wedding day her mother said our marriage "would never work‖, it was too soon to be making such a long term commitment. We will celebrate 46 years together this October. Several chapters of this memoir will be devoted to secrets of generating a sufficient portfolio to carry us through the later years of our lives. Hence, following chapters on deferred gratification, compound interest, luck and hard work, there will be a chapter on having someone else pay for your children‘s college education. We have four children, two of whom graduated from the US Coast Guard Academy; your tax dollars at work, thank you very much. Brian our oldest retired in August this past year after a 22 year career. His youngest brother, Bruce, resigned his commission after 7 years to get his MBA from Michigan. To not play favorites, the middle two, Bradley graduated from the University of San Diego with help from the Catholic community there and lives in Portland, Oregon with our two oldest grandchildren, Matthew (14) and Eleanor (12) with wife Sara. Christina, after a graduate degree in History and 13 years with the Starbucks Coffee Company, is beginning her 2nd year of Law School at Golden Gate University in San Francisco on a full scholarship. I started my career in City Management in Rockville Maryland, and South Brunswick, Continued...
New Jersey but soon transition to affordable housing at the local level in Montgomery County, MD and Washington, DC. I will not bore you with the details, however, the arc of my career was chronicled in an article in the New York Times Magazine; March 5, 2006 entitled ―The Suburban Solution‖. Check it out some time when you are having trouble getting to sleep. Having met Karen in the Bahamas we have maintained relationships there. In 2005 we bought a lot on the Caribbean Sea and built a small house on one of the "family" Islands in the southern portion of that archipelago. After my sixth retirement in December 2009 we spent 5 months in Long Island, Bahamas and will spend that much or more in the future during the months when it's winter in Worcester. Another chapter will be devoted to how fitness and healthy eating can contribute to a full and long life. However, I must report that following quintuple by-pass heart surgery in 2003 I could not play the piano. Of course I could not play before the operation either!! As a member of the Planning Committee for this 50th Reunion of ours I learned of how some of our classmates are spending their free time in retirement; one is a bereavement counselor at a funeral home and another drives trucks, cars etc. to various destinations around the country. I hope those and others are recorded in this effort which I understand is to be converted to a CD and made available to us. Along those lines, my concluding chapter in my memoir will discuss how to stay young and keep your mind active during the Third Act of our lives. My contribution in that regard is the Bernie Scholarship Awards Program and Coastal Harvesters Inc. The Scholarship Program serves low income seniors graduating from high school and adults returning to academic endeavors interrupted for various reasons earlier in their lives. All the recipients live in low income housing in Montgomery County, Maryland, and area I was involved in one way or another during my working career. Also, I helped form and am intimately involved with Coastal Harvesters Inc., a non-profit trying to bring a farmers market and a community garden to the Outer Banks of North Carolina. The End. Epilogue: Despite numerous run ins with the law, the author has avoided incarceration and his photo only on rare occasions appears in the local post office asking if anyone has "seen this individual", under a picture attempting to make me look like I probably will when I am 71 years old!!! One of my favorite memories of my time at WPI was when my younger brother, Edwin, quarterback for Central Connecticut, approaches the line to have the ball centered to him, and several of my fraternity brothers, as they took their three point stances, looked up at him and said "Let's get Bernie's brother"! Another incident occurred many years later at alumni field, my youngest son, Bruce, captain of the Coast Guard Academy soccer team at the time, came to WPI and Karen and I were at the game. I went down to the field to find Coach, Alan King, reviewing the opposing roster and he sees the name Tetreault remembering that name as that of one of his players 30 years earlier. He turns to me and asks if that is my son. Yup, thanks Coach. It‘s one of the main reasons he got him into the Academy. Favorite WPI Professors: The Red Baron or The Vector, Dr. Heller. I can still hear him lecturing on the three components of electricity passing through a wire using his thumb, index finger and middle finger to produce ―Zee current, Zee field and Zee Moooshon.‖ My other favorite, although I never had him in class, but for his contributions to the WPI Plan and the salvaging and resurrection of Phi Kappa Theta Fraternity is Bill Grogan.
Address: 1986 E. Ashridge Circle Sandy UT 84093
Phone Number: (801) 565-9799
Employment Status: Retired Family Information: Wife —Gerry Children— Scott (deceased at 21 in ‗84), Kim (deceased at 35 in ‗03), Kelly (40, married) Grandchildren— Scott (21), Ryan (14), Evan (11) Worked as a process and product R&D engineer for a textile company near Springfield, MA for 16 years in an interesting and challenging specialty group engaged in urethane elastomer mechanical goods involving medical, defense, electronic, sporting, and aerospace industries. This encompasses extrusion, injection and blow molding, liquid casting, laminating, and extensive new fabrication processes. The next 22 years were in the medical field, as an R&D engineer and department head for Warner Lambert and Beeton Dickinson. Retired in 1998 but did four years of consulting. Was a 44 year member of AICHE (Chemical Engineering Society) and society of Plastics Engineers. Co-authored 22 publications and a book. Hold 12 individual and 25 co-inventor U.S. Patents. Hobbies include stamps, coins, astronomy, and 2,400 different types of seashells. Keeping current with 21 journals and magazines and 4 papers. Continued...
Favorite WPI Memory: My two freshman roommates and I along with four of our other pledges snuck into the fraternity house one night and stole all the silverware as a joke. As a result, since the brothers were sure the three of us had done it, we had to barricade ourselves in our dorm room for four days by putting all the beds and desks end to end from the door to the front wall. Brothers took turns, around the clock at our door, waiting for us. We got food and water from fellow freshmen on either side of us by passing stuff back and forth through adjacent windows. This also went for toilet paper, empty soda cans, plastic bags for waste, and getting homework assignments and lecture notes and handing work in (no tests on those days). We finally gave in and the brothers pounced. We all went, along with all the rest of our pledge class, on rides all over New England, and dumped us off (with no money). Funny part was, we didn‘t have the silverware in our room. It was locked in a car trunk of another non-pledge freshman. They didn‘t get it back for over a week, until all the pledges returned safely.
Address: 20 Cove Road Unit #3 Stonington CT 06378
Phone Number: (860) 245-5696
E-mail: marianwhyte @aol.com
Employment Status: Part Time, Arrow Tech Associates: Systems Engineer-Test Flight Data Family Information: Wife—Marian (49 years) Children— John (44) WPI-1987 BSME, Sharon (42) WPI-1990 BSCE Georgia Tech MS Planning Career Path: 1961-1963 Picatinny Arsenal – Wind Tunnel Engineer, 19631965 US Army 1st Lt –Company Cmdr. 228th Signal Co. Ft Bragg NC, 1965-1968 Picatinny Arsenal – Aeroballistic Engineer, 1968-1987 General Electric, Armament Systems Dept. Burlington VT, 1968-1972 Ammunition Engr, 1973-1979 Project Engr. A10 30mm Armament System, 1979-1983 Project Engr. AV8B(Harrier) 25mm Armament System, 1983-1987 Engineering Manager – Systems Analysis, 19872002 Arrow Tech Associates(Founder & President, Technical Director), 2002Present Arrow Tech Systems Engineer (Test Flight Data Analysis and Computer Programmer). Marian and I have been skiing together since 1966. We currently have a condo at Keystone and spend about 2 months skiing each year. We began sailing together in 1961. In 1979 we started racing J-24 sail-boats. I have sailed over 900 races in J-24‘s and other one-design boats. We currently (since 1993) have a 44 ft Sloop based in the BVIs. We live on and sail this boat about 3 to 4 months each year. Most exciting things I‘ve done: Sailed a J-30 (30 foot) racing boat from Vermont to the BVIs, skied down the Schilthorn‘s Icy Face in Switzerland, and drove a NASCAR Stock Car at 150MPH on a track in Orlando. Continued...
Favorite WPI Memory: All of the great people I became acquainted with on campus and especially at Theta Chi. Several are life-long friends. Craig Rowley (1961), Harry Dizoglio (1960), Ed Curtis (1964), Doug Kendrick (1960), Jim Alfieri (1959), Norm Taupeka (1968) and David Denniston (1958)
Address: 297 Old Mill Rd. Middletown CT 06467
Phone Number: (860-638-3669
Employment Status: Retired Family Information: Wife— Rosa Ann Children— Jeffrey, Karl, Stephen Grandchildren— Whitney, Spencer, Hayden, Maggie Anne, Isabel, Carolyn. Retired from Raymond Engineering Inc. after working there for forty years. Memory disc Tape Disk Solid State for NASA Military and Commerical. Several Patents. Established Magnet Tape Coating System for Military Products.
Address: 39 Zelenke Drive Wynantskill NY 12180
Phone Number: (518) 209-6208
E-mail: Tzimmie @nycap.rr.com
Employment Status: RPI, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Family Information: Wife — Judy Children— Dave (42), Amy (39), Jim (34) Grandchildren—5 grandsons, 2 granddaughters I am still enjoying my work as a professor at RPI, with no immediate plans to retire. I just completed my 37th year at PPI and have been staying active professionally in academics and consulting. I‘m the CEO of my own small consulting firm, doing mostly expert witness work in the Civil and Environmental Engineering arenas. Having visited more than 60 countries during my career, I still have a few more to go. I‘m still flying, own my own airplane (a small plane, Cessna 152). We like to visit our places on Cape Cod and in Florida when we can. Judy is retired from RPI and enjoying it very much! Favorite WPI Professor: There were many great WPI Professors I met and interacted with, including many I never took a course with. Favorite people went beyond professors, and included staff, coaches, administrators, etc.
Reunion 2010 Candids
Reunion 2010 Candids
Reunion 2010 Candids