Richard "Dick" Welch:
CLASS OF 1952
Calumet High SchoolClass of 1952
Chicago, IL
Richard J. Oglesby Elementary SchoolClass of 1948
Chicago, IL
Richard "Dick"'s Story
Life
1935: Born at Chicago Lying-In hospital in Chicago, Illinois. Grew up on the far South Side.
1940-42: Attended Dixon Elementary (83rd & St. Lawrence).
1942-44: Attended Cook Elementary (82nd & Bishop).
1944-48: Attended and graduated from Oglesby Elementary (77th & Green).
1948-52: Attended and graduated from Calumet High School (81st & May).
1952-54: Attended Wilson Junior College. Worked for the Pullman Company and Northern Trust Bank.
1955-56: Served in U.S. Army Signal Corps: Fort Meade, Maryland and Berlin Germany.
1957: Married to Joyce Johnson (Morgan Park HS, 1953); six (6) children, seven (7) grandchildren.
1957-58:...Expand for more
Attended and worked for the University of Chicago.
1958-69: Employed in Chicago, Illinois by International Business Machines (IBM).
1969-82: Employed in Dallas, Texas by Electronic Data Systems (EDS).
1982-97: Self-employed in Dallas, Texas as a Computer Consultant.
1998-present: Retired; still live in Dallas, Texas. Joyce and I spend three to four months a year traveling in our RV visiting family and friends and seeing new sights around North America.
I am sorry to announce that Dick Welch passed away on April 20, 2017 after a long battle with prostate cancer. He still had a Calumet High sweatshirt among his possessions.
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