Andrew Urban:
CLASS OF 1962
St. James High SchoolClass of 1962
Chester, PA
Widener UniversityClass of 1972
Chester, PA
Andrew's Story
Andrew is from Springfield, Pennsylvania. He is married to Maureen Gallagher. He graduated from St. James High School in 1962.
He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1962 to 1966, was Thai linguist and intelligence analyst and served in the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam in the USAFSS 6922nd Cobras.
He later attended Widener University (Russian Language, Non-Western History). He worked at Southeast National Bank (1969-74); Controller of the Delaware County Regional Authority (DELCORA, 1974-79); Director of Finance for City of Groton, CT (1979-82); Director of Finance, Snohomish County, WA.(1982-1985); Director of Finance, Town of West Hartford, CT (1985-92); Executive Finance Officer, State of Connecticut (1992-94).
He then went over to the "dark side", aka the private sector, as a Principal, Unisys Corp (1994-1997); Vice President, Alltel Information Services (1997-99); Principal and National Public Sector Practice Leader, IBM Global Services (1999-2001); Director of Marketing, Lawson Software (2001-2003); Independent Consultant working for U.S. Agency for International Development in Montenegro (2004), Indonesia (2005-2007); Canadian Agency for International Development, Indonesia (2008) and Che...Expand for more
monics, Ukraine (2009).
From his CV, you can see he just couldn't stay in any one job for long.
After not enjoying "retirement" for a year, in January 2011 he took a position as the first Director of Finance for the Town of Westbrook, CT, where he is having more fun than a retiree deserves. His wife also appreciates him being out of the house for a substantial part of the day. Life is good.
He is the Treasurer of the Waterford Week Committee that conducts a week long community celebration every August; and is the Secretary of the Waterford Lions Club.
Andrew's interests include ancient history, languages, flying, technology. Music he likes includes Classical, Ukrainian Folk. Books he likes include Tom Clancy, Clive Cussler. TV shows he likes include The Daily Show, NCIS, Elementary, Person of Interest.
He has a 35 year old son who lives in Seattle, is married and has a granddaughter, Zoe. He also has a beautiful daughter, 33, who lives in Federal Way, WA and provides a grandaughter, Bailey Elizabeth, and grandson, Taylor. He also has an 18 year old son who joined the U.S. Marines on July 8, 2013. Semper fi, son.
One of Andrew's favorite quotes is:"It's easier to ask forgiveness than permission!".
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