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This
section is dedicated to all Kaynor Tech graduates. Kaynor Tech
has a long history of providing the community at large with
the finest trades persons whom posses a mastery of skills in
their respective trade areas. The Web Master would like to invite
all alumni to share with us your accomplishments. Any Kaynor
alumni who want to share news with other graduates can email
us at: wf.kaynor@ct.gov
We
will post any news and keep a list of graduates with their name,
year graduated, email address, and website address.
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Robert
Rowe - Class of 1956 -
I was an Electrical shop student under Instructor Paul
Armand the first year Kaynor Tech was open. I attended
Oliver Wolcott Tech in Torrington the previous year while
waiting for Kaynor Tech. to open. Paul Armand was one of
my Electrical shop instructors there as well. In those
days we started our training with all sorts of annuciator
circuits. (Annuciators were electromagent actuated flags
used as signalling devices). We learned to wire generators
and motors. At Kaynor Tech, the wood shop students would
frame up walls in the Electrical shop and we would
wire the site(using BX cable). My family moved to Arizona
so my Junior and Senior years were at Phoenix Tech (long
ago closed).
I went on to a career with Western Electric aka Lucent
Technologies spending thirty two of my forty two years as a
Methods Analyst (Industrial Engineering), and am now three
years into my retirement. E-mail: 35rjt@earthlink.net |
Ernest
F. Farrow - I attended Kaynor 1959-1963 in
the Carpentry Department with Paul Higgenson (and others).
I would appreciate being apprised of up coming events like
alumni reunions. E-mail is: (efarrow@optonline.net) |
Ellen
Mathews, Class of 1973 - I
graduated from Fashion Design. A few years ago I went back
to college after I moved to North Carolina. I work in a
high school in the Exceptional Children Department and
have been there for 9 years. I have also been driving a
school bus for the past 20 years. I will be graduating
May 2008 from Appalachain State University with a Bachelors
Degree in Special Education K-12. I love my job and very
excited about teaching. I never thought I would be going
to college. I graduated May 2006 from Wilkes Community
College in Wilkesboro NC with and Associates Degree in
General Education and then transferred to Appalachain.
I plan on becoming a Reading Specialst after I graduate.
I
moved to North Carolina 10 years ago and this is now
my home. People are very supportive in my endeavor to
become a teacher. Education is so important and I never
realized how much until I tried to find a decent job.
My children found how important education is. I have
a daughter who graduated from Universty of Wilmington
North Carolina with a degree in Marine Biology and is
currently in the Peace Corps living in Madgascar. Another
is attending Meredith College in Raliegh NC, and my youngest
is graduating high school in June. She wants to join
the Coast Guard.
E-mail: emathews2000@hotmail.com |
William
G. Beckett - Class of 1979 - Hello all,
I graduated from drafting in 1979. In those days we were on
drawing boards (I'm getting old). I worked my way up to tool
designer on a 3D Unigraphics CAD system. Later I became Tool
Design Supervisor at Pratt & Whitney. Today I am working
as an Industrial Manager for P&W. My present responsibility
is jet engine externals. These are all the hoses, tubes and
brackets you see on the outside of an engine.
Kaynor was a great spring-board for me and gave me a well rounded
education.
I went on to CCSU and obtained a Bachelors in Manufacturing Engineering.
I am presently working a Masters program in management at Albertus
Magnus College. To all Kaynor students, "you are doing the
right thing, do your best". Also I would love to hear from
any 1979 grad.
E-mail: william.beckett@pw.utc.com |
Quinn
Mitchell - Class of 1984, Shop: Electronics
Hello everyone,
I
graduated in 1984. I played basketball all 4 years
and track junior year. My education at Kaynor helped
lay the foundation of my career path. I continued in
electronics joining the Air Force the same year I graduated. I’m
now the group leader of our Education Dept. at a company in
Watertown, CT.
I’m married with kids and an assistant coach of my son’s
basketball team. Recorded 3 music CDs (I play saxophone). We
have an internet and church ministry in Meriden, CT and a home
business.
My current job causes me to travel periodically
conducting training classes for our customers. This
June I travelled to Singapore!
Success is what you make it. With
a strong belief you can accomplish anything!
Quinn@QEMenterprises.com
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Ralph
Ross - Class of 1984 - I
was a drafting student under the teaching of Mr. Francis
and Ms. Demand. My 4 years at Kaynor Tech were very rewarding.
I was fortunate enough to start working as draftsman with
a local company with the work program that Kaynor Tech
had during my shop time. I still today am in the trade
and am working for Eyelematic Mfg. in Watertown as a Tool
Designer. I started with a drafting board and pencil and
now as you all know "Computers lead the way". All I can
say to any student now is to "give it your all" and "do
your best" and have fun doing it. I want to add that my
son is to be entering Kaynor in September and will be the
Class of 2008! I am proud of that.Anyone from Drafting
class or any other trade of '84 can e-mail me at nes138@yahoo.com. |
April
Lautenschlager - Class of 1986 - I was
wondering if there was going to be a 20 year class reunion?
Any information you could provide would be appreciated.
E-mail is: alauten315@hotmail.com. |
David
Pohorence (Class of 1989) wants to know if there will be
a Class Reunion in the near future. Please contact him at:
dpohorence@mpbconline.org.
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David
Joseph Pohorence, Class of 1989 - I had a hard
four years while at Kaynor Tech. From the time I enrolled into
my trade to the time I got settled into a final trade, I decided
I wanted to attend college. I first chose Electrical, which
was not for me. After transferring out to the screw machine
shop, that trade was no longer being offered, so I found myself
searching for another trade. That is when I came across Culinary
Arts.
Chef Thayer and Wright agreed to let me into the program and
I will forever be thankful for that opportunity. It helped me
ground myself while I finally had the chance to concentrate
on my academics and athletic career while at Kaynor Tech. My
academic success can be credited to Mrs.Davis, Mr.Snopkowski
and Mr.Emanuel. Each and every teacher I had was great, but
those three inspired in me in a different way that most students
take for granted. I worked extra hard in class since academics
were important to Kaynor Tech teachers. A lot of people would
knock the education students receive while at Kaynor, but the
teachers there took teaching seriously and I took a lot away
from that.
It prepared me for college more than they know. I was able to
earn a Bachelor of Science in Health Administration from Quinnipiac
University (Dean's List) and a Master's Degree in Sport Management
from UCONN. I am currently working as the Managing Director
for a 35,000 sq ft family life, fitness and wellness center
in Charlotte, NC.
Along the way, I worked in minor league baseball as a general
manager, college athletics as athletic director intern in compliance,communications
and marketing, college cross country coach, Aetna and Travelers
Insurance as a business analyst. What I am trying to say and
want everyone to know that you can reach your goals no matter
who you are and what school you attend.
It is all about your desire to succeed and believing in yourself,
while trusting in your teachers to lead you.
Strive
to succeed and set goals that you want to achieve. Anything
is possible don't believe when people tell you that you have
limitations.
My advice to everyone is to be the best at what ever you do
because you never know who is watching and there is something
to be said for personal pride in what you do.
Email:
dpoho@msn.com
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Cory
Rogers, Electrical, 1990 - Currently I'm the Electrical
Dept Head at Eli Whitney Tech in Hamden. I'm also the General
Manager of Flagship Electrical and Telecom. Is anyone planning
the 20 year reunion? I can be reached at rogersiconnect@aol.com |
Jason
C. Emanuele, Class of 1994 - I
was a Culinary Arts student with the class of '94 under Chefs
Arthur Thayer, Gary "Z" Zahacewski, Reggie Wright, and later
Cathy Mirabilio-Borer. While I learned a great deal in shop,
which laid a solid foundation for the work ethic required in
the "real world", I did not stay in the culinary field. What
my Culinary Arts training did for me was make me a marketable
restaurant employee while in college to help me finance
my college education. I know that very few people in my class
were planning on college, partly because Kaynor had the reputation
as the place to go to school if college wasn't part of the plan.
Students need to know that college IS an option! The academic
foundation laid for me at Kaynor Tech. paved the way for a successful
college career. I graduated with honors as a Bachelor of Science,
Criminal Justice from Appalachian State University in Boone,
NC (a member institution of the University of North Carolina),
and then as a Master of Arts in the Education of the Social
Sciences from The Citadel in Charleston, SC. I now have a promising
police career as a patrol supervisor, a special units leader,
and a training officer with the Charleston Police Department,
and am currently considering pursuing a Ph.D. in Educational
Leadership at Clemson University.
E-mail is: emanuelej@comcast.net.
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