User:Pommerenke
Pommerenke edited his first wiki article in June 2006.
Background
[edit]Grew up in Great Bend, Ks. Presently live in Roanoke, VA, with wife and cat. Retired from GE February 2002.
Education
[edit]Great Bend (Kansas) High School 1964
FCC First Class Radio License 1965
BSEE Lafayette College 1968
Private Pilot License 1971
PE 1983
MA Lynchburg College 1987
Certified ISO 9500 auditor 1997.
Travels
[edit]Traveled twice around the world (possibly three times if that Seoul-Amsterdam flight went around the north pole on the Canadian side <grin>). First time was a year and a half odyssey backpacking in 1971-1972. Second time was as an international field engineer for General Electric.
Countries lived in
[edit]Lived in, for more than a year,: Korea, France, Spain, Holland.
Lived in, for 6 months to a year,: Brazil
Quotes
[edit]"Why don't more wiki people use their real names? Are they hiding something?"
Organizations and offices
[edit]- Roanoke Ski Club since 1987. President, webmaster, trip leader
- Roanoke Astronomy Club since 1995. Webmaster
- GE Elfun
- GE TMGE Volunteers board member
Present Volunteer activities
[edit]- Mill Mountain Theatre
- AARP tax preparation
- Apple Ridge Farm (for 'at risk' inner-city youths)
- Roanoke Historical Museum (digitalization project)
- Second Harvest Food Bank (IT)
- GE PC Refurbishment project
- Taubman Museum gallery host
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