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Charles J. Fronczek Jr

Class Of...

1959

Years Attended

1955-1959

About Me

This will be a work in progress. As my class approaches its 50th anniversary, I thought that it was time to actively join the group instead of lurking in the background.


School Notes

I have many memories of Kanty starting with the day my father dropped me off at the front door. Actually, I remember an even earlier incident. My uncle who was a graduate of the class of 1927 and my father informed me that I was going to Kanty. No questions asked. I went crying to my mother, who was in the hospital at the time. I didn't want to leave home and my brothers, sisters and friends. The all knowing parent said "Try it for 1 year if you don't like it then.... Needless to say four years later, I remember most vividly being chosen class valedictorian. I was both honored and apprehensive of the thought of giving the valedictory speech. My only solace was that I was going to give it in English. I had to applaud then and still now Conrad (Connie) Czaplicki who had to prepare and present the salutatory address in Polish.

Since Graduation...

I attended St Vincent College in Latrobe, PA where I received a B.A. in Mathematics in 1963. I joined the US Navy for a short period. I then went to work as a Civil Engineer in training for a small 15 person firm. There I learned the rudiments of land surveying. That lead me to working for the U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey. I was employed as a geodesist. (Geodesy, for the unknowing, is the branch of applied mathematics which studies the size and shape of the earth.) In 1972, the USC&GS sent me, for 2 years, to graduate school at The Ohio State University where I completed the course work for a doctorate in geodesy. I then returned to work and was in charge of the survey, for what I called, strange and unusual structures. In 1982, I was recruited by what was then known as the National Bureau of Standards, now the National Institute of Standards and Technology, to lead a special projects group. I retired in 2004 after 39 years 7 months of Federal service. I'm currently rebuilding my house, playing golf, swimming, bowling and skiing.
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