Earle Ryba:
CLASS OF 1952
Lyons Township High SchoolClass of 1952
La grange, IL
Iowa StateClass of 1960
Ames, IA
Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyClass of 1956
Cambridge, MA
Earle's Story
March 2019
Wife Kathy, I, and another gentleman built a large home we designed on our 480 acres of woodlands in central PA 1999-2003.
About 60 years on Penn State faculty - Materials Science and Engineering. Still teaching crystallography and x-ray diffraction, and doing some research.
Promoted to black belt in Tang Soo Do December 2012. Tested and passed 2nd degree black belt 9/2015. Training three days a week in Tang Soo Do classes. Studying Qigong.
Taught semester-long courses in Guangzhou, PRC, 2006 and Changsha 2010. Also taught undergraduate course in Harbin 2013 and English in Pingdingshan 2013.
Our last son graduat...Expand for more
ed 2015 from Penn State. Last daughter married June 2012 and now in their new house at the lower end of our woodlands. We have four young grandchildren and 8 great grandchildren.
Operated a dog boarding kennel next to our home since 1969. Getting our second shepherd ready for advanced obedience trialing this Spring.
We are busy managing our forest for timber improvement and wildlife habitat. Latest activity was the development of 23 acres of habitat for endangered golden-winged warblers. No golden-winged warblers yet, but university wildlife researchers observed 25 other species of songbirds (7 endangered) one day last May!
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