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June 1972
NEW PRESIDENT
  • Welcome to FEEDBACK. We're both new on the job! Peter J. Davis, President (In a letter to all employees dated June 9, 1972, it was announced that Russell C. Dubois resigned (they always say that) and Peter Davis was selected President and CEO.  Don't miss the July  1972 FEEDBACK).
FLYING BY TED SPITZMILLER
  • When I started taking flying lessons a little over a year ago, I had some apprehensive moments during which I doubted my ability to ever solo an airplane. Although I had read countless articles on how easy it was to fly, one has a tendancy to become very emotionally involved; especially during those first ten to twelve hours prior to the solo. You quickly find that each hand has 5 thumbs and coordination between mind and body is non-existant. At times when I became completely saturated with my instructor's comments, I recall mumbling something about draining swamps and tall alligators.
  • Well, here I am. Total proof that ANYONE can learn to fly. And so I too became an expert and qualified to write an article on how easy it is to learn to fly. It's so easy in fact that the hardest part is talking your wife (or husband) into parting with $800 for the lessons.
  • Today marks my first and my last year as a private pilot since I will be receiving my Commercial license next month. For those of you who have never experienced the "Orville Wright Syndrome", why not stop over and take a look at some of the aerial photos which were taken of the Bay Area; maybe we can arrange for a hop to Monterey for coffee.
  • Since there are a number of pilots in the company, perhaps we could get together and discuss the possibility of a DPI Flying Club. .....LOOK OUT CHARLES LINDBERGH.....
CUSTOMER ENGINEERING NEWS
GRADUATION TIME FOR CUSTOMER ENGINEERING CLASS
This has been one of the larger C.E. classes to complete Customer Engineering School, nine C.E.'s and one International Customer Engineer. The following are the assignments for this class who will graduate on June 30, 1972.
  • HILDON GOLD - Newport News, Virginia
  • BILL GUDORF - South Bend, Indiana
  • BARRY JESS - Reading, Pennsylvania
  • BUDDY JONES - New Orleans, Louisiana
  • GRANT LEE - Texas Instruments, Attleboro, Massachusetts
  • JOHN LESAC - Houston, Texas
  • GERHART PREUSSER - Germany
  • PAT ROBERTS - Alcoa, Warrick
  • BILL WEBSTER - Rochester, New York
We wish them all the best of luck on their new assignments.
If you are trying to keep up with some of your classmates, here are a few of the transfers that have taken place.
  • Russ Walker - formerly in Mass., is now at Motorola, Florida.
  • Mick Snider - formerly in Sunnyvale, is now the Group Leader/Specialist in the Southern District. Too bad, we were all getting attached to Linda's chili.
  • Ron Maddaus is now assigned to Pontiac Motor Division. Ron must have done a great job at John Deere, he has allowed John Deere to become an on-call site.
  • Pat Armstrong - formerly of Avondale, is now assigned to Motorola Schaumburg.