Reay Dick:
CLASS OF 1966
Rincon High SchoolClass of 1966
Tucson, AZ
U.C.S.C.Class of 2006
Santa cruz, CA
Reay's Story
After Rincon: Enrolled in U of A, majored in Nuclear Engineering, Graduated in 70, Did a MS in Nuclear Engineering by September of 71, and was a Naval Officer by Feb. 72. (Draft number was 5) Got to Vietnam in June 72, left a year later, and repeated that again starting in Aug. 73 for another 8 months.
After that I spent 2 years doing R&D work at a national lab, then went to a Shipyard, and repaired submarines for about 4 years. Left active duty in 1979.
Started R&D into Thermionic Energy Conversion, designing space craft and high reliability power supplies. Went on to software development, then went into systems design for military aircraft. Designed the displays for the F-22 (6 displays) and the B-1B bomber.
After I left active Duty I ...Expand for more
stayed in the Reserves, became an Engineering Duty Officer, working as a Reserve Officer for the Navy. I retired from the Navy in 2003 as a Captain.
Went to work for Kaiser Electronics, designing displays for aircraft. Kaiser was bought by Rockwell Collins in 2001. Five years after purchasing Kaiser, Rockwell decided to move our jobs to Iowa in 2009, and I had to retire. Now do woodworking, circuit design, and miscellaneous projects. Have started a tiny company called h-gnu. Patent has been issued on 23 Oct 2018.
In 1989 I had the good luck to meet Lauren Arnold, and she agreed to be my wife. We have three children, all of whom have graduated from college. We live in Mountain View, CA, and the kids visit as often as they have time.
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