Richard Gardner:
CLASS OF 1959
Chicopee High SchoolClass of 1959
Chicopee, MA
Brown University - Graduate SchoolClass of 1969
Providence, RI
College of William & MaryClass of 1964
Williamsburg, VA
United States Coast Guard AcademyClass of 1963
New london, CT
Richard's Story
Life after high school:
I entered the US Coast Guard Academy in New London. I decided Coast Guard life was not for me and resigned. I spent 3.5 years at the College of William and Mary in Virginia for a BS in chemistry (and a short one semester stint at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst), and then 4 years at Brown University in Providence for a PhD in chemistry. I joined IBM in E. Fishkill, NY in 1968 and transferred to IBM in San Jose, CA in 1974. Specialized in Materials Science and magnetic recording technology with a number of US patents in the areas of electronic packaging and magnetic recording. I married Maria Gugliemetti from Worcester in 1969. We have 3 daughters, Christina, Andrea,...Expand for more
and Alison,and one son, Steven. Four grandchildren so far. Current interests are golf, photography, and community service with Kiwanis International. After retirement from the technology industry, I have been traveling, writing, and doing photography. Took all the photo courses at a local college. Have sold a few photos, and had photos published on magazine covers and in magazines. Published my first book - "PTC Carousels, the History of Philadelphia Toboggan Company Carousels". - available on Amazon.com. Other books on photography are available through Blurb.com. The books are now in the Smithsonian Library. Now in my 80's and was recently diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. Still getting around OK.
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