Some
of the WMI & LEC Crew and Their Recollections
| NAME |
JOB |
YEARS |
| H.
E.
Hageman (SK) |
Corp.
President (early) |
1928-64 |
| Robert
Fox
(SK) |
Chief
Engineer |
1930s |
| H.
P.
Boswau (SK) |
Chief
Engineer |
ca.
1941 |
| Robert
Gilliland (SK) |
Operator |
ca.
1941 |
| Don
Heisner W8CJI-K4FWF (SK) |
Chief
Engineer |
1938?-46 |
| Wesley
A.
Goodell (SK) |
Manager
of Field Operations |
1946
- 1978? |
| Mrs.
Hugh
Gawn |
Operator |
ca.
1946 |
| Mrs.
Henry
Pintur |
Operator |
ca.
1946 |
| Jack
Cain
(SK) |
Executive
VP of LEC (late) |
Retired
1978 |
| Raymond Cox |
General manager of LEC
|
Retired 1978 |
| Marvin
Deitch |
Operator |
ca.
1953 |
| Donald
Arty |
Operator |
1969-84 |
| Helen
Berrington McCalla (SK) |
Operator |
1967 - ? |
| Paul
Romoser (SK) |
LEC
Chief Engineer |
? |
| Carroll
Peabody W8ADK (SK) |
Service Tech./Service
Dispatcher |
Mid 40s -1977 |
| Ross
Herrick |
Superintendent
- Lorain C. Radio |
ca.
1960 |
| Mark Karney N9JWF |
"Jack of
all
trades" |
1965-6 |
| Ray
Gerbrand W8PAI (SK) |
Chief
Operator |
1940-1969+ |
| Lady OP Merthe |
Operator |
1960s |
| Frank
Sonye W8FKZ (SK) |
Operator |
?<1966>? |
| Dick
Rocher (SK) |
Operator |
?<1966>? |
| Bill
McClellan (SK) |
Operator |
?<1966>? |
| Carl
Boughton (SK) |
Operator |
?<1966>? |
| Bob
Carver |
Purchasing
Agent |
? |
| Dennis Widdows W9VHN (SK) |
Maint.
Technician - Chicago |
1962-79 |
| Chuck Reynolds WA8WUU |
Maint.
Technician |
1967-80 |
| M. C. (Mickey) Wills |
Service Manager |
Retiere 1978 |
| Richard Hartwig, K8ML |
Sr. Technician - LEC
factory |
1962-80 |
| Harvey
Ball, W8FYX (SK) |
Maint.
Technician - Sault St. Marie |
? |
| Mike Cross, K8JLO |
Maint.
Tech. - Lorain & St. Louis |
1964-69 |
| Gary Good, WA8WAZ |
Maint.
Technician - Lorain |
1966-70 ? |
| John D
Flood |
Maint.
Technician - Toledo |
1972-75 |
| John D
Flood |
Technician Computer
Op. Jr. Eng. |
1975-78 |
Full names of living crew
members will be removed upon their request.
John Dean provided a 1964 list of LEC
employees A-K and L-W
saved by this father-in-law Frank Bako, a former LEC employee. Richard
Hartwig, K8ML has provided
listings of LEC employees in 1980
and 1982-1 and 1982-2.
Personal addresses and telephone numbers have been removed from the
last 3 lists.
One WMI operator remembers: "As for me
having any interesting memories from my days as a ship-to-shore marine
radiotelephone operator, the only one that comes to mind is a call from
Arthur Godfrey's Aircraft and Art Carney telephoning Audrey Meadows ---
those were thrills for me since I always enjoyed all three of them on
Television."
In 1979, Jack Cain was awarded the
National Marine Electronics Association's Fessenden Award for his
development of Lorain Electronics' integrated VHF Radio Communications
Network serving the Great Lakes. The Fessenden Award is not
an annual award but one that is given when warranted.
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