George, Knick, Andy & Rich

 

Radio Stuff

Fire Tower

 

Middlefield House

 

Solar PV

 

Windmills

 

Things with Wheels – or Keels

 

UTRC

·           Megawatt

·           LOTAWS  

·           1981 Phone Book

·         1991 Group Picture

·         1981 Report

 

CLS Laser Systems

 

QSource

 

DEOS (Coherent)

 

 

 

My Stuff

 

I’ve collected many mementos and hopefully a few friends since joining the United Technologies Research Center after leaving the Marine Corps in 1965. There was a very small group of us working with CO2 lasers and RF - and we’ve kept bumping into each other for the last 50 years at all the spin-offs. I wanted to spread this around while we could still enjoy the memories – and I still have a memory. If anyone has photos or whatever, please contact me as I would be thrilled to add them to the pile. - Knick

 


 

 

From the 2023 UTRC Luncheon - Instrumentation

                                 Andy Weise - N1XN         Bobbie Webber           Earnie Gagnon           Bob Bozo – Semper Fi

 

                                                   Roy Puffer(?)                                           The Z Man – Bruce Zepke

 

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George just found a picture of the UTRC Electronic Systems Crew - circa 1991. Help name that missing researcher. Link

What a wonderful Christmas present from George to get everyone together and talking. Merry Christmas to all.

 

The UTRC Spin-Offs:

Hi Tech Industries, Inc. – 1969, New Britain - Al Pinney & Ernie Gagnon. Part timers George Wisner, Earl Hasselmark & Knick.

CLS Laser Systems - 1982 (Bought by Litton Laser Systems 1986) Founders Bob Mongeon, Lanny Laughman, Bob Wayne & Bob DelBoca. Researchers Bob Henschke, Ron Belek, Ray Michaud, Al Guardiani, Dick Nelson, Rich Bosse, Larry Gates, Joel Fontanella, Knick & Denny Dittrich (PCB).

QSource, Inc. – (1988 – 2002). Pete Chenausky, Knick, Joel Fontanella, Dick Nelson, Larry Gates & Denny Dittrich (PCB).

United Technologies Optical Systems – to Florida (Brought to Bloomfield by DeMaria Electro-Optic Systems, Sold to Coherent, Inc. for $22.4M) Tony DeMaria, Leon Newman, Dick Hart, John Kennedy, & Shef Robotham. Researchers Dick Meisner, Lanny Laughman, Bob Bozzo, Bob Henschke, Rich Bosse, Joel Fontanella, Knick, Denny Dittrich (PCB),

United Technologies Photonics – 1992 Bloomfield – Acquired by JDS Uniphase 1995 - Fred Leonberger, Jack Green, many others

United Technologies Industrial Lasers - 1992 South Windsor –  Sold to Coherent General 1994 - Clark Harris, Jack Davis,

 

Check back often – I have lots of additional goodies to add. - Knick

 

 

 

 

­­­Contact:
Howard Knickerbocker - mailto:howardk758@aol.com