William Orndorff:  

CLASS OF 1954
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Green bank, WV
Cleveland, OH
Green bank, WV

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Life 1936-1942 LOCATION (Age 1-6): 5/36-8/39: Arbogast Cottage (F. Kane Residence), Arbovale, WV 8/39-4/40: Bronson Inn, Northfield, MA (Dad clearing timber after major tornado) 5/40 2-weeks: Youth Hostelry, Lake Winnipesauke, NH 5/40: Bronson Inn, Northfield, MA 1940 few weeks: Rental Cottage, Conneaut Lake, PA (Dad on farm at Atlantic, PA) 1940: Dairy Farm, Westford, PA (farm hand cottage-summer only) 1942-1951 LOCATION (Age 6-15): (Grades 1-8) 5/40-5/54: Farmers Supply Co., Arbovale, WV (2nd story Residence) 9/42-5/50: Green Bank Grade School, Green Bank, WV 1951-1954 LOCATION / ACTIVITY (Age 15-18): (Grades 9-12) 5/54-9/54: P.W. Reynolds Construction Co., Painesville, OH 5/40-5/54: Farmers Supply Co., Arbovale, WV (2nd story Residence) 9/50-5/54: Green Bank High School, Green Bank, WV 5/53-9/53: Phillip R Clarke, Pittsburgh Steamship Div, US Steel, Pittsburgh, PA (Mewrchant Marines, US Coast Guard) 5/53-2 wks: Industrial Rayon Cord Plant, Painesville, OH 1954-1959 LOCATION / ACTIVITY (Age 18-22): (College) 5/54-9/54: P.W. Reynolds Construction Co., Painesville, OH 9/54-7/55 (+ Summer): Potomac State College of WVU, Keyser, WV (Football Barracks) 5/55-9/55: John O. Maiden, Builder, Keyser, WV (Football Barracks) 9/55-5/56: Potomac State College of WVU, Keyser, WV (Dorm Proctor) 5/56/9/56: White Brothers Construction Co., Ravenswood, WV 9/56-5/57: Case Western Reserve, Cleveland, OH (LE Wells Funeral Home) 5/57-9/57: Cincinnati Milling Machine Co., Cincinnati, OH (Cincinnati Boys Club of America) 9/57-5/58: Case Western Reserve, Cleveland, OH (WCC of America) 5/58-9/58: Cincinnati Milling Machine, Cincinnati, OH (Boys Club of America) 9/58-2/59: Case Western Reserve, Cleveland, OH (Dorm) 2/59 start: Jack & Heintz, Inc., Maple Heights, OH (1st meaningful employment) 1959-1963 LOCATION (Age 23-27): (J&H / LSi) 5/58-2/60: 8806 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 2/60-8/60: 20 South Flora Drive, Bedford, OH 8/60-8/61: 2485 Fairmont Blvd, Cleveland Heights, OH 8/61-5/62: 899 Greyton Road, Cleveland Heights, OH 5/62-7/62: 207 Sierra, Apt 22, El Segundo, CA 7/62-8/64: 22521 Reynolds, Drive, Torrance, CA 1963-1968 LOCATION (Age 27-28): (J&H / LSi) 7/62-8/64: 22521 Reynolds, Drive, Torrance, CA 8/64-7/69: 5124 Sharynne Lane, Torrance, CA 1968-1973 LOCATION (Age 32-37): (Control Data) 8/64-7/69: 5124 Sharynne Lane, Torrance, CA 7/69-3/71: 23219 Audrey Avenue, Torrance, CA 7/71-7/81: 4176 Wilford Way, Edina MN, 55435 1973-1978 LOCATION (Age 32-42): (Control Data) 7/71-7/81: 4176 Wilford Way, Edina MN, 55435 1978-1983 LOCATION (Age 42-47): (CDC to LSi) 7/71-7/81: 4176 Wilford Way, Edina MN, 55435 7/81-7/85: 30150 Wedgewood Drive, Solon, OH 44139 1983-1988 LOCATION (Age 47-52): (LSi) 7/81-7/85: 30150 Wedgewood Drive, Solon, OH 44139 7/85 - Present: 840-42 Windward Drive, Aurora, OH 44202-8206 1988-1993 LOCATION (Age 52-57): (LSi sold to Lucas) 7/85 - Present: 840-42 Windward Drive, Aurora, OH44202-8206 1993-1998 LOCATION (Age 57-62): (Lucas sold to TRW) 7/85 - Present: 840-42 Windward Drive, Aurora, OH 44202-8206 1998-2003 LOCATION (Age 62-67): (TRW sold to Goodrich) 7/85 - Present: 840-42 Windward Drive, Aurora, OH 44202-8206 2003-Present LOCATION (Age 67-70): (Goodrich Consultant) 7/85 - Present: 840-42 Windward Drive, Aurora, OH 44202-8206 School 1942-1951 LOCATION (Age 6-15): (Grades 1-8) 9/42-5/50: Green Bank Grade School, Green Bank, WV ACTIVITIES/INTERESTS: 4-H Club & Camps Skating/Sledding “Secret Clubs” Basketball Bicycles Running Softball Hunting Hiking Football Swimming Kick-the-Can Camping Girls Fishing Model Planes & Cars Movies Age 6-12 years: Still in Arbovale, WV – Parents managing the Farmers Supply Co. Age 13-15 years: Still in Arbovale, WV – Mom is managing the country store, The Farmers Supply Co. Dad bought a Diamond Reo truck and began hauling logs from Allegheny and is also distributing Royster-Clark fertilizer under the U.S. Farm Assistance Program with a side bed installed. He is also hauls coal for our personal consumption from a Buckhannon strip mine. 1951-1954 LOCATION / ACTIVITY (Age 15-18): (Grades 9-12) 9/50-5/54: Green Bank High School, Green Bank, WV ACTIVITIES/INTERESTS: 4Football - Co-Captain Photography Basketball – Co-Captain Girls Latin Club Class Officers 4-H Club Art Editor Earning for College Age 15-18 years: Still in Arbovale, WV – Mom is managing the country store, The Farmers Supply Co, most of the time. Dad still has the Diamond Reo truck and is hauling logs, distributing Royster-Clark fertilizer and is now taking orders from others and hauling coal from the mines near Buckhannon for farmers and private households in upper Pocahontas County. College 1954-1959 LOCATION / ACTIVITY (Age 18-22): (College) 9/54-7/55 (+ Summer): Potomac State College of WVU, Keyser, WV (FB Barracks) 5/55-9/55: John O. Maiden, Builder, Keyser, WV (FB Barracks)9/55-5/56: Potomac State College of WVU, Keyser, WV (Dorm 9/56-5/57: Case Western Reserve, Cleveland, OH (LE Wells Funeral Home) 9/57-5/58: Case Western Reserve, Cleveland, OH (WCC of AM)9/58-2/59: Case Western Reserve, Cleveland, OH (Dorm) 2/59 start: Jack & Heintz, Inc., Maple Heights, OH (1st meaningful employment) ACTIVITIES/INTERESTS: Earning Expenses for College Interfraternity Council Sigma Phi Omega Honorary Circle “K” Club Roth Military Honorary-2nd Lt. Captain Varsity Football PSC Athletic Scholarships & Awards Sports Club President Student Council President Phi Kappi Psi President Theta Sigma Chi Dormitory Council President Engineers Club Varsity Track (CWR) Theta Tau Honorary AIEE, CWR Affiliate Gamma Phi Honorary IRE, CWR Affiliate SAM, CWR Affiliate Intramurals (Other Sports) Age 18-19: During first year at Potomac State College (PSC) worked college cafeteria and in summer went to PSC Summer School, worked cafeteria and also worked as carpenter’s helper noon to dark. Age 19-20: During 2nd year at PSC, worked cafeteria and during summer, worked as construction laborer and copied blueprints at night. Age 20-21: Third year college, 1st at Case Institute of Technology (now Case Western Reserve or CRW), worked cafeteria mornings and lunches, worked mailroom and mopped student union on weekends. Also sold Lamb Knit Sweaters at Christmas and flowers to the fraternities on formal occasions. Later lived in and worked as waiter/clean-up at the Women’s College Club of Cleveland on Overlook Road in Cleveland Hts, OH. During summer worked as electronics technician trainee at CMMCo in Cincinnati. Age 21-22: Fourth year of college, 2nd at CRW, worked in Electrical Engineering Library, illustrated EE Textbooks for the Dean of EE College (Sam Sealy) and worked as a trouble service dispatcher for CEI at 55 Public Square, Cleveland. Durin...Expand for more
g summer worked as an engineering trainee at CMMCo. Age 22-23: Fifth year of college, 3rd at CRW, lived in and worked at Lorre A. Wells Funeral Home doing clean-up, driving and host work. Started first meaningful full-time employment in Feb 1959 at Jack & Heintz Inc, in Maple Heights, Workplace DUTIES/JOB (Age 6-15): (Grades 1-8) 5/40-5/54: Farmers Supply Co., Arbovale, WV (worked in store) 1951-1954 DUTIES/JOBS (Age 15-18): (Grades 9-12) 5/54-9/54: P.W. Reynolds Construction Co., Painesville, OH 5/40-5/54: Farmers Supply Co., Arbovale, WV (worked in store)5/53-9/53: Phillip R Clarke, Pittsburgh Steamship Div, US Steel, Pittsburgh, PA (Merchant Marines / US Coast Guard - Cleveland) 5/53-2 wks: Industrial Rayon Cord Plant, Painesville, OH 1954-1959 DUTIES/JOBS (Age 18-22): (College) 5/54-9/54: P.W. Reynolds Construction Co., Painesville,OH 5/55-9/55: John O. Maiden, Builder, Keyser, WV (FB Barracks)9/55-5/56: Potomac State College of WVU, Keyser, WV (Dorm Proctor) 5/56/9/56: White Brothers Construction Co., Ravenswood, WV 9/56-5/57: Case Western Reserve, Cleveland, OH (LE Wells Funeral Home) 5/57-9/57: Cincinnati Milling Machine Co., Cincinnati, OH (Boys Club) 9/57-5/58: Case Western Reserve, Cleveland, OH (WCC of AM)5/58-9/58: Cincinnati Milling Machine, Cincinnati, OH (Boys Club) 9/58-2/59: Case Western Reserve, Cleveland, OH (Dorm Proctor) 2/59 start: Jack & Heintz, Inc., Maple Heights, OH (1st meaningful employment) 1959-1963 DUTIES/JOBS (Age 23-27) (J&H / LSi) 2/59-8/59: Administered F-106 Fire Control spare parts contracts 8/59-5/60: Coordinated DC-8 Power System Schedules 5/60-4/61: Coordinated Bomarc Missile APU problem resolutions. 4/61-5/62: Qualified Product Sales Coordinator 5/62-6/68: Sales Representative – Los Angeles, CA 1963-1968 DUTIES/JOBS (Age 27-28): (J&H / LSi) 6/62-6/64: Western District Representative – Southern California 6/64-7/69: District Sales Manager & Western District Rep 6/67-7/69: Assigned exclusive task of selling L1011 Power System 1968-1973 DUTIES/JOBS (Age 32-37): Moved to Control Data) 12/68-2/69: District Manager – Lear Siegler, Inc., Southern California. 02/69-02/71: Regional Sales Manager – Control Data/Cedar Engineering 02/71-11/74: Director of Marketing – Control Data/Magnetic Controls Div 1973-1978 DUTIES/JOBS (Age 32-42): (Control Data) 02/71-11/74: Director of Marketing – Control Data/Magnetic Controls Div 11/74-03/75: Mini-Peripherals Market Manager – Control Data/ Peripherals 03/75-01/81: Vice President Marketing – Montevideo Technology Inc. 1978-1983 DUTIES/JOBS (Age 42-47): (Moved from CDC to LSi) 01/81 – 06/8: Vice President of Marketing – LSi/Power Equipment Div 06/83-06/84: Vice President New Product Sales – LSi/Power Equipment Div 1983-1988 DUTIES/JOBS (Age 47-52): (LSi) 06/84-06/85: Director Field Sales – LSi/Power Equipment Div06/85-06/86: DCASMA Plant-wide Resinspection Coordinator – LSi/PED 06/86-06/87: Superintendent Final Assembly – LSi/PED 06/87-06/96: Director Customer Support & Technical Services – LSi/PED 1988-1993 DUTIES/JOBS (Age 52-57): (LSi sold to Lucas) 06/87-06/96: Director Customer Support & Technical Services – LSi/PED 1993-1998 DUTIES/JOBS (Age 57-62): (Lucas sold to TRW) 06/87-06/96: Director Customer Support & Technical Services – LSi/PED 06/96-01/01: Manager Regional Airline Aftermarket Sales – TRW 1998-2003 DUTIES/JOBS (Age 62-67): (TRW sold to Goodrich) 06/96-01/01: Manager Regional Airline Aftermarket Sales – TRW Jan 2001: Retired as Manager Regional Airline Aftermarket 03/01-05/02: Sales Management Consultant – Electro-Lock Technology 06/06-07/03: Management Consultant – ITAR Regulatory Compliance 2003-Present DUTIES/JOBS (Age 62-67): (Goodrich Consultant) 6/02-7/03: Management Consultant – ITAR Regulatory Compliance 9/03-11/03: Management Consultant – Market Planning 12/03-present: Management Consultant – ITAR & Application Data Mgt Military 1953 Summer LOCATION / ACTIVITY (Age 17-18):(Merchant Marines) 5/53-9/53: USS Phillip R Clarke, Pittsburgh Steamship Div, US Steel, Pittsburgh, PA (Merchant Marines / US Coast Guard - Ashtabula / Cleveland, Ohio) 1954-1959 LOCATION / ACTIVITY (Age 18-22): (College-ROTC) 9/54-7/55 (+ Summer): Potomac State College of WVU, Keyser, WV; US Army Reserve Officers Training Corp. (ROTC) (FB Barracks) 9/55-5/56: Potomac State College of WVU, Keyser, WV (Dorm) US Army Reserve Officers Training Corp. (ROTC); Roth Military Honorary-2nd Lt. 9/56-5/57: Case Western Reserve, Cleveland, OH (LE Wells Funeral Home) 9/57-5/58: Case Western Reserve, Cleveland, OH (WCC of AM)9/58-2/59: Case Western Reserve, Cleveland, OH (Dorm) 2/59 start: Jack & Heintz, Inc., Maple Heights, OH (1st meaningful full-time employment) ACTIVITIES/INTERESTS: Earning Expenses for College Interfraternity Council Sigma Phi Omega Honorary Circle “K” Club US Army ROTC Roth Military Honorary-2nd Lt. Captain Varsity Football PSC Athletic Scholarships & Awards Sports Club President Student Council President Phi Kappi Psi President Theta Sigma Chi Dormitory Council President Engineers Club Varsity Track (CWR) Theta Tau Honorary AIEE, CWR Affiliate Gamma Phi Honorary IRE, CWR Affiliate SAM, CWR Affiliate Intramurals (Other Sports) Age 18-19: During first year at Potomac State College (PSC) was in US Army ROTC, worked college cafeteria and in summer went to PSC Summer School, worked cafeteria and also worked as carpenter’s helper noon to dark. Age 19-20: During 2nd year at PSC, was elected to the Roth Military Honorary and was 2nd Lt. in US Army ROTC, worked cafeteria and during summer, worked as construction laborer and copied blueprints at night. Age 20-21: Third year college, 1st year at Case Institute of Technology (now Case Western Reserve or CRW), worked cafeteria mornings and lunches, worked mailroom and mopped student union on weekends. Also sold Lamb Knit Sweaters at Christmas and flowers to the fraternities on formal occasions. Later lived in and worked as waiter/clean-up at the Women’s College Club of Cleveland on Overlook Road in Cleveland Hts, OH. Case had only USAF ROTC and I chose not to join. During summer worked as electronics technician trainee at CMMCo in Cincinnati. Age 21-22: Fourth year of college, 2nd at CRW, worked in Electrical Engineering Library, illustrated EE Textbooks for the Dean of EE College (Sam Sealy) and worked as a trouble service dispatcher for CEI at 55 Public Square, Cleveland. During summer worked as an engineering trainee at CMMCo. Age 22-23: Fifth year of college, 3rd at CRW, lived in and worked at Lorre A. Wells Funeral Home doing clean-up, driving and host work. Started first meaningful full-time employment in Feb 1959 at with a defense contractor Jack & Heintz Inc, in Maple Heights, OH and, because of the nature of this defense related job, was exempt from the military draft and I did not pursue any additional military duty beyond the two years of US Army ROTC.
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