Richard Clifton:
CLASS OF 1977
Licking Heights High SchoolClass of 1977
Summit station, OH
Reuther Junior High SchoolClass of 2003
Rochester, MI
Hamlin Elementary SchoolClass of 2001
Rochester, MI
Licking Heights Middle SchoolClass of 1973
Summit station, OH
Berwick Alternative Elementary SchoolClass of 1971
Columbus, OH
Richard's Story
Life
For reasons obvious, I was known as Dicky in elementary, Richard in Jr & High School, and I returned to Dick in College.
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-77 Graduated LHHS
-83 Graduated GMI and became a US Air Force Officer, moved to AR
-87 Married, moved to FL
-88 Son born
-89 Returned to GM, moved to MI
-90 Daughter born
-98 Divorced
-06 Severed from GM
-07 Took engineering position with Lockheed Martin
-also at present: Marketing for a 30 Yr old New York Stock Exchange traded company
-Goals: Build my business & Retire to FL
School
The most fun I had was Marching Band! Lots of work, lots of fun, lots of accomplishments!
I had started in Cub Scouts and finished as an Eagle Scout. Lots of work, lots of fun, lots of camping!
Mr (Ron) Kniepkamp encoraged me to consider engineering... It made way too much sense. Today I'm an Engineer! (He now lives in St Louis)
College
ME Auto.
Founder of A Section Bicycle Club.
Gymkana '68 VW Fastback.
The first time I saw GMI was Orientation Weekend just before registration.
I didn't let studies get in the way of my "Education"...
So I just barely graduated...
My Naval Academy brother called it "GM Academy" as he left after a 4 day visit.
I welded a shifter back together in the welding lab.
I cut my VW flywheel from 17# to 12# in the machine lab.
My brot...Expand for more
her and I compared our big car/aircraft design project reports. Same sections. Similar conclusions and recommendations. Same Force vs Angle graph (Slip Angle / Angle of Attack). The only significant difference was the shape of the line on that graph. Aircraft are much less forgiving, easier to crash!
Founded the A Section Bicycle Club.
Did VERY well on the GREs.
'Always had lots of difficulties getting into graduate programs because the other schools would always rescore the transcript to calculate their equivalent CUM.
And it was always WAY TOO LOW...
I try to visit the Kettering Formula SAE Team when they go to the Silverdome.
Always good kids.
I always try to give them advice that is practical and matters to them most...
Workplace
-78 GM Assy Div, Norwood, OH as GMI Coop Student
-83 Graduated and went to US Air Force
-87 Norwood, OH Plant Closed
-89 Returned from Military Leave of Abscence to GM, Warren, MI
-06 Laid Off with many others
-07 Engineering position with Lockheed Martin
Military
7/6/83 Arrived Officer Training School, (Medina) Lackland AFB, TX
-83 Titan 2 Missiles at Little Rock Arkansas
-87 Launching Titan 3,4, & 34D from Cape Canaveral, Florida
-89 down for a year
-90 back into the USAF Reserves, C-130s at Selfridge ANG Base
~96 Transitioned into KC135s
-99 Went Inactive
-06 Seeking new position
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