My Life in a nutshell

  • Most people who know me now know I lived in Marblehead and little else.

Things I’ve done:

Lived in
1.           Lincoln, NE
2..          Ames, IA
3.           Colon,  Republic of Panama
4.           Alexandria, VA (2 addresses)
5.           Indianapolis, IN (4 addresses)
6.           Moorestown, NJ
7.           Troy, NY (fraternity and apartment)
8.           Haddonfield, NJ (2 addresses)
9.           Thule AFB, Greenland
10.         Clear AFB, Alaska (2 addresses)
11.         Colorado Springs, CO
12.         Hopewell NJ
13.         Princeton, NJ
14.         Princeton Junction, NJ
15.         Philadelphia, PA
16.         Waltham, MA
17.         Marblehead, MA (3 addresses)
18.         Ota, Tokyo, Japan
Visited:
1.     London
2.     North England (Moors)
3.     Paris
4.     Switzerland
5.     Italy
6.     Mexico – several places
7.     Canada – several places
8.     Hawaii
9.     Bermuda
10.  China – many places
11.  Japan – many places
12.  Greece and islands
13.  Galapagos Islands
14.  Costa Rica
15.   Most US states

Education

  1. Moorestown (NJ) High School (1952)
  2. Bachelor Electrical Engineering (1956) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  3. Masterr Electrical Engineering (1959) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  4. David Sarnoff Fellow (1958)

Things I’ve owned

  1. 1/3 single-engine airplane (Stinson Voyager)
  2. TR3 Triumph sports car
  3. Citroen DS-19 auto
  4. ½ 43’ C&C Sailboat (Click)
    1.   Sailed Bermuda race
    2.   To/from Bermuda several times
    3.   St Thomas & islands several times
    4.  Chesapeake River

Married 

  1. Arlene Lois Pendleton – Daughter and son and 4 grandchildren
  2. Sharon Louise Smith (click)
  3. Yoko Tomizuka (click)

Worked for:

  1. RCA 1956-1974
  2. Day & Zimmermann  consulting firm 1974 – 1979
    • Created a world class computer model for railroads 
  3. DNS Associates Inc- co-founder & ½ owner 1979 – 2001

UU

  1. Member of Princeton NJ congregation
  2.  VP RE for a while
  3. Member of Marblehead congregation
  4.  President Board of Trustees 2 terms
  5. WISH Started a successful program for Asian students at SSU (click)

Projects while in high school

  1. Build 3 oscilloscopes from scratch
  2. Built 50-watt amateur radio transmitter
  3. Ground and polished mirror for 8” reflector
  4. Built telescope with that mirror (click)
  5. Designed and built drive system for the telescope
  6. Active Boy Scout – canoed in NJ Pine vBarrens