March 15, 2007

Howard !

This is Jim McElroy checking in -- Class of 1960, B-CC.

What a feeble thing memory is. I look through the Pine Tree, of
1960, and here are all these people I went to school with and only
remember about one in ten!

At B-CC, I was a pal with John Goldsmith and others in the Visual
Aids Squad (or whatever we called it).  John and I went on to the
University of Maryland and were roommates in our freshman year.  I
kept track of John for quite a while, but now have lost contact
information.

At present I work for Honeywell in Redmond, Washington.  We are
surrounded by Microsoft buildings!  We build electronic stuff for
aircraft -- weather radar, TCAS, Ground Proximity Warning and the
famous "black box" which is actually painted bright fluorescent
orange (so it can more easily be spotted in aircraft wreckage,
should that ever be necessary.)

There are a few people I'd like to be in touch with again.  Do you
know how to contact John Goldsmith?  Laurie Giberman?

By the way -- I still have a copy of the class recording -- "The
Log."  I scrounged around in the basement the other day and dug
out my old turntable.  It still worked.  I played and digitized
the record but I still need to edit out the worst of the "clicks"
and "pops."  When I get to that, I can send you the result to
post, if you like.

Thanks for your work in putting up the web site for B-CC.

Best regards,
Jim