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MY PROFILE

Attended Thomas Jefferson, West Junior, Binghamton Central and Johnson City High School. Attended MDTA Drafting and Design Program at Binghamton North High School.

Correspondence Course with New York Institute of Photography. Published both as an Amateur and Professional.

Attended USN Fleet Sonar School for Sonar & Electronics. Served as a Sonarman Petty Officer on the USCGC Spencer in the United States Coast Guard. Was also a team member of the Coast Guard Marching Honor Guard.

Professional Positions: Lifeguard, Dishwasher, Cook, Pin Setter, Typesetter, Drafter, Loftsman, Designer, Design Engineer, Project Coordinator, Professional Photographer, Electrical Supervisor, 1st Line Mechanical Maintenance Supervisor, Maintenance Superintendent, and AutoCad Technician. (Best Job so far: working at Car Wash and living at Home) Retired early. I am no longer looking for the right job.

Employers (direct and indirect) were: The American Legion, Hall's Printing and Binding, The Ritz Tea Room, E. H. Titchener, General Dynamics Electronics, Kodak, Links Aviation,  IBM (at Endicott, Vestal Labs, and Essex Junction), Bell Aerospace, Twin Coach, Ni Tech Paper, Lehigh Design, C & D Design, Modern Design, GAF Corporation, Ithaca College, Columbia Mills, Reynolds Metals Company, BOMAC,  and self employed.

Hobbies are: Boating, fishing, photography, hunting, computers, pinochle, and 50's music.

Married.  

Added 5/28/2010.... Below I have added some pictures of me through the years (old and newer) and a work RESUME for those who are curious.

RESUME

PROFESSIONAL:  (1956 - 2002)

DRAFTER - BOMAC Corporation, East Syracuse, N.Y. – Drafting and Layout of  PLC Panels, and the associated schematics, and diagrams. I accepted this position with intentions to replace the soon to retire Drafting Manager. Shortly after, Company reduction of forces due to 911 sealed my fate. It was time to really retire.  

DESIGN DRAFTSPERSON - Reynolds Metals, Massena, N.Y. - Responsible for the St. Lawrence drafting area (files, equipment, Cad Stations, etc.); Prepared drawings; Assisted Project Engineers, Maintenance, and Production personnel on related projects. Reported to the Plant Engineer. Disciplines included: Facilities, Equipment design, Elec./Mechanical, Schematics, PLC, Civil, Piping, Industrial Mobile Equipment, and other disciplines needed at an aluminum reduction plant and foundry. Took early retirement resulting from Alcoa buy out.

MECHANICAL MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR - Reynolds Metals, Massena, N.Y. - 2^nd Shift Plant Maintenance Supervisor and then Day shift Relief Supervisor. Reported to General Supervisor, Relieved all Area First Line Mechanical Maintenance Supervisors in their specific areas, and filled with special projects throughout the facility during non-relief periods.

SENIOR DRAFTSPERSON - Reynolds Metals, Massena, N.Y. - Detail, Layout, & Design Drafting of Facilities, equipment, schematics, etc. Reported to Senior Engineer.

ELECTRICAL MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR – Nitec Paper Company Mill #2 – Actually hired twice for this position. Company cutback caused by a manager pilfering company funds, eliminated this and other supervisory positions. Refusing the offer of a journeyman position I chose to seek work elsewhere.

MAINTENANCE SUPERINTENDENT - Columbia Mills, Minetto, N.Y. - Responsible for all maintenance, repairs, and new installations for a 600,000 sq. ft. vinyl/cloth mill/processing plant and the surrounding grounds. Reported to the Plant Engineer.

PROJECT COORDINATOR - Ithaca College, Ithaca, N.Y. – Responsible for establishing a Design/Drafting area following a major campus renovation by Tallman & Thomas. Projects included redesign of the existing Football field, campus infirmary, and numerous building areas.  Supervised campus staff or responsible for contractors on some related projects. Reported to Director of Physical Plant.

PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER - Self employed – Aerial photography (Mobile & Texaco contract), Real Estate, Weddings, Portrait, and general photography.  I was also volunteer photographer for the Boy Scouts, winner of N.Y.S Fair Photo Contest, with other awards and published photos.

DESIGN ENGINEER - GAF Corp., Johnson City, N.Y. - Asked to join the Company while employed as a “sub-contractor”.  Duties consisted primarily of redesign or layout of existing buildings, coating and converting equipment, and material-handling systems used to produce drafting and copier paper and film. Reported to the Plant Engineer.

(SUBCONTRACT) DESIGNER/LAYOUT DRAFTSPERSON - Subcontracted to various companies to numerous to list.  Projects were as diversified as: The X-22a Vertical take-off aircraft, a railroad siding/dock, IBM 8k BOM (memory system), templates for the skin of the Boeing 747 tail section, an automated warehouse, a portable voting machine, redesign of Kodak film production equipment, modification of a Link Trainer interface, welding jigs, critical depth air knife, printed circuit boards, etc.

DETAIL DRAFTSPERSON - General Dynamics Electronics, Rochester, N.Y. – Printed circuit boards, electrical/mechanical detailing, and packaging design.

DRAFTSPERSON - E.H. Titchner & Co., Binghamton, N.Y. - Detailing, layout, and design of dies, gages, and fixtures. I also redesigned customer products to facilitate the use of Brite Basic Wire.

FINALLY, let me add some earlier positions like setting pins at the American Legion, washing dishes at the Ritz Tea Room, melting and pouring printers lead at Hall’s Printing and binding, and one of my favorite jobs: being the driver at a now forgotten car wash in Binghamton, N.Y.

EDUCATION:

Graduate: Binghamton Central High School – Academic degree

U.S.N. Fleet Sonar School, Key West,  Florida – Sonar operation, Electronics, and repair

M. D. T. A. program in Drafting and Design - Binghamton, N.Y. –  Drafting, Machine & Tool Design, Schematics, Packaging, Specifications, Strength of Materials, and Applied Industrial Mathematics.

New York Institute of Photography – Correspondence course

B. O. C. E. S. –  Seaway Tech. Norwood, N.Y. - Autocad 11,  Dbase 3

Autodesk Training Center- St. Lawrence College at Cornwall, ON. – Autocad 14

MILITARY:

U. S. Coast Guard – Sonar Petty Officer –duties consisted of  Sonar & Radar operation and repair, radar navigation, Communications, Weather observations, Oceanographic sampling, Shore Patrol, & member of  Coast Guard marching Honor Guard. -  Clearance: Secret  – Discharge: Honorable

ORGANIZATIONS:

Norfolk Municipal Power Committee, NNCS Facilities Committee, Norfolk

Prison Fact Finding Committee, Navy Club, Moose Club, American Legion, 

Boy Scouts Photographer,  NAAUG, Youth Fellowship Advisor-United

Methodist Church.  While at Ithaca College: Representative to Staff and

Community Councils and advisor to the student Camera Club.

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