Bill Schumacher:  

While going to West, I worked at the Greenhill Movie Theater which showed only British films, mostly comedies and a few light, romantic ones. The films were pretty hilarious once you got used to the accent and their sense of humor...think Peter Sellers and Terry Thomas. My dad would drive me on Weds and Fridays after football practice, and I ate dinner in the car. Hey, $0.50/hr was big money then:) I usually took a bus on Sat night. After leaving West, I studied engineering at Drexel Institute of Technology, now named Drexel University. During my Chemistry class at West, I noted a chapter on "Powder Metallurgy" in our text book. Though we didn't have to read that chapter, I liked the idea of working in the basic steel industry. I chose Drexel because of its co-op program with half the time in school and half at work. The on-the-job training and financial benefits were great! I worked at the theater until the end of my freshman year at Drexel when it was time for my co-op job. I had the choice of going to Baltimore to work at Armco Steel Company in the mill or in Research. Another metallurgical engineering major selected the mill, and I got my Research preference. I worked in Baltimore for 15 years developing/improving stainless steels for many applications. In 1977 the lab was closed and six of us transferred to the main research lab in Middletown, OH. I had gotten married in 1975 to a beautiful, young woman named Barb, from East...Expand for more