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The Cheney Tech Class of 1978 will have our 30th reunion on October 11th, 2008 at 6:30 pm in South Windsor. Any one from that class who may be interested may contact Roger Bemont at 860-654-3630.

The Cheney Tech Class of 1998 will have our reunion on October 25th, 2008 at 5 pm. It will be held at The Harvest in Pomfret. Tickets will cost $50.00 per person. Any one from that class who may be interested may contact Amy (Winslett) Szozda at saszozda@cox.net. This will be open to any of the people who attended up to junior year and beyond.

It was just before our nation was to be thrown into an era of monumental change. At the time of my graduation from Cheney in 1962, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the JFK assassination, the MLK assassination, and the Neil Armstrong walk on the moon, all were waiting in the near future. Upon graduation I attended Hartford State Technical Institute and then went to work at Hamilton Standard in Windsor Locks.

My first assignment was helping to design part of the cooling system for the Apollo backpack, followed by a similar system for the Lunar Excursion Module (LEM), the 747 aircraft, and jet engine fuel controls. In 1968 I took a job with GE in Burlington, VT (working on feed mechanisms for gun systems). In 1972 I was transferred to Greenville, SC to work on Large Gas Turbine designs. When the gas crisis hit in 1973 I transferred to GE Space Division in Valley Forge, PA; where my wife and I have lived ever since. In 1980 I earned my BSME at Villanova University and joined Pi Tau Sigma National Honorary Engineering Fraternity.

While working in Valley Forge I assisted in design, test and launch of various satellites including Landsat, GPS, DSCS, and SDI projects. I retired in March of 2006 and have traveled extensively since. My name is Dwaine Glidden and I’ll never forget my years at Cheney and the solid background they provided.

Hi Staff and students. I graduated in the class of 1961. My name is Russell A Wright (Albin) from the Drafting section. I want you all to know that the training at Cheney Tech in 1961 was the best. Why did I say that? I had a career starting as a Jr. Drafter and worked my way up to Concept Mech/Electrical Designer/ Inventor doing Government and Commercal work in the Semi conductor Equipment area.

I lived and worked in the San Francisco Bay area for 35 years, and moved to Visalia Ca. were I am retired and creating Sculpture and printmaking. After graduating from Cheney Tech, I worked in Hartford and then went into the Air Force, got out in 1968. I started College going nights and finished my BFA at Santa Barbara Art Institute with a Major in Graphic Communications and a minor in Sculpture.