Tom Fairbairn:
CLASS OF 1956
Charles Town High SchoolClass of 1956
Charles town, WV
Wright Denny Elementary SchoolClass of 1950
Charles town, WV
Tom's Story
Life
- Graduated Charles Town High 1956.
- Presently living in Richfield, MN, a first-tier suburb directly south of Minneapolis (since 1968).
- US Army November 1956 to October 1959, mostly at Fort Monmouth, NJ teaching microwave electronics.
- Married wife Nancy in 1960, three children (Ed, Kent, and Sheri, all living near).
- Worked for Control Data Corp. 1959-1989, senior computer systems engineer and technical instructor on mainframes and peripherals; wrote courseware and technical manuals; licensed trade school instructor in Minnesota.
- Cubmaster, Scout troop committee, unit commissioner, roundtable commissioner, assistant district commissioner, trained in all ...Expand for more
areas; awarded Cubmaster of Year, Committeman of Year, National Honor Commisioner Award, Order of the Arrow Brotherhood, Woodbadge; 1972 to 1989.
- Worked for University of Minnesota as a temp, then full time, retired 2002; union member of AFSCME.
- Former member Richfield Police Reserves, retired 20 years; trained as Trauma First Responder
- Currently member Minnesota Streetcar Museum since 2003; active in reconstruction, maintenance and operation of antique Minnesota streetcars on two operating museum lines.
- Licensed as a Extra Class Amateur Operator, active as N0NMU; currently member SkyWarn, Richfield Amateur Radio Club, Amateur Radio Emergency Services, ARRL.
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