Christopher Kirian:  

I went to University of Toledo after graduating from DeVilbiss and studied engineering. I started working at Meilink Steel Safe Company while still attending TU (now known as UT) as a draftsman. Meilink had a division called TV Bank Equipment (later: Meilink Bank Equipment) that needed help with drafting,design and engineering. I was "loaned" to them". They liked what I did for them enough that I became a full time employee doing engineering and design work. Last title there was Project Engineer. Balancing full time school and full time employment was a struggle and things were booming at the Company, so I decided to take some time off from the University and then go finish when things slowed down. For various reasons I, regretfully, never went back to finish out my degree. I bought a house in Point Place ("The Best Place Anyplace") right on Maumee Bay. Enjoyed boating, fishing, etc. I got married to a girl from near Lima OH. Pauline, (Polly) Treglia (Lafayette Jackson High School (Allen East)). Later on due to changes in the management at Meilink Bank Equipment, I saw that my future there was not as I was hoping it would be and there was a constant battle with the City of Toledo that waterfront residents of Point Place were having about the City's wish to take possession of the waterfront there. My father-in-law owned an ...Expand for more