Dan's
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FLASH - Dan retired from his aerospace job in Sept 2008!
Early Life and Formal
Education
I grew up in White
Plains,
New York and am a graduate of White Plains High School class of
1960. I performed two years of undergraduate work at Washington
University in Saint Louis, earned a BSEE from New Jersey Institute of
Technology (Newark College of Engineering in my day), and was awarded a
Master of Engineering Administration at the George Washington
University in D.C.
Work
I have worked as an assembler/wireman, technician, design engineer,
engineering manager, program manager, business area manager, programs
director (current), liquor store clerk, delicatessen clerk, and willing
servant to my wife and children. My primary work has been with the U.S.
DoD, but I spent some time in the emerging Intelligent Transportation
arena in the early nineties.
Family
My wife, Louise, and I
have been happily married since 1967. We first lived in western New
York state and later moved to Annapolis. We had intended
to stay in Maryland for only a year, but never left! Both of our sons
were born in Annapolis. Each is married and lives less than an hour away. Between
their two families we have six adorable grandchildren. What a joy!
Both sons survived college and entered the working world. One is the National Director of a division of a large tree care company and the other is a Analyst for a well known consulting firm. Both are just great, as are my beautiful and intelligent daughters-in-law and aur grandchildren. Happily, we all see each other often.
Hobbies, Other Jobs . . . (logos are clickable)
Louise's primary avocation has been running. She is a many times
marathon runner and a two time JFK 50-Mile Run finisher. Louise has
been a volunteer official at the US Naval Academy, Annapolis 10-miler
and other running events, and has served as a coach in children's
running programs.
My extra-work interests revolve around skiing, sailing, amateur radio, and automobiles (Order not significant).
I worked as a part-time instructor, Ski School supervisor and trainer for 27 years, retiring from active professional skiing in
1998. I have been Professional Ski Instructors of America Level III Certified
since 1978. Both of my sons ski, and one is a part-time instructor. I have
been lucky enough to ski all over the continental U. S. and Alaska. I
prefer New England skiing.
I served as president, chief handicapper, and area
handicapper of PHRF of the Chesapeake, a fleet in the largest sailboat racing class in the
world. Our thirty-foot sloop, Mojo, has had the good fortune to be a
regional High Point champion
and take first place in the Governor's Cup and other races on the Chesapeake Bay. I still sail
Mojo, but mostly single-handed and not as often as I'd like. No recent
racing activities. My sons also sail. One campaigned his own Laser.
Both have raced aboard Mojo. Click here for more details about the
Helms 30 in general and Mojo in particular.
I've been a radio amateur or "ham" since the age of 12.
I contact other hams all over the world, primarily by using morse code,
although I do use voice and other modes of communication as well.
My amateur radio story has its own web page. My son, Paul, is a
radio amateur too.
I developed an attraction to
cars during my high school years. My interests over the years moved
from back seats, to hot rods, to sports and open-wheel cars, to sport
sedans. We often went to Watkins Glen when we lived in Upstate New
York. I visited the GP mecca of Monaco in 1965 and toured many parts of
the street course in my rented Renault R8-1100. I am a member of the
BMW CCA (NCC Chapter) and we have had a variety of BMWs in the family
since 1986. My wife and I currently own two 5-series models and a
3-series AWD wagon. My son, Paul, drives a 3-series. I
have a gained a modest knowledge of the mechanicals and have
accumulated enough tools to do some real damage.
I'll be updating this page and adding some links and pictures as time goes on. I have always thought that a Bio page is of little interest to anyone but the author, but several people have asked, so I am going to indulge in the fantasy of thinking someone cares.
revised
03-11-08
by dbz