Valparaiso Technical Institute - Valtechnian Yearbook (Valparaiso, IN)

Text from Pages 1 - 60 of the 1974 volume:

Sees tetera Bone caagtid ST AUTSAA ENTE NEN :) ee “a TY PUBLIC TY PUBLIC LIBRARY WMMTOY 6799 8499 N | IU 3 1833 0 == yo ro ; aa = Be eal ON « « 1974 Vallechnian 100 Years Is a Loooooong Time A NOTE OF CAUTION TO THE READER: The material contained herein is a combination of both fact and fiction, and it is left to the reader to decide which is which. With the excellent background you developed at the Tech, you should have no trouble picking out the Bull. When I first signed up to attend Valparaiso Technical In- stitute, I wasn't sure I was doing the right thing. Sucha small school, it seemed, could go wheels up very easily. My suspicions were confirmed one day, when the Valpo Tech sign out in the field was replaced with a church sign. I was all set to start searching for another school. That next fall, however, the Tech did open up, much to the delight of hundreds of students. (Remember the warning) Well, it turns out they opened up just so they could celebrate the 100th anniversary and we could publish this wonderful book. As Industry Changes, So Does V.T.I. a aE Back before hair was invented, the Tech was brought to ‘life. Some of the teachers, as a matter of fact, are ori- ginal equipment. This was before the invention of the automobile, as some of the expressions hint. 'Two horses in Parallel and two bicycles in Tandem can still be heard. During the school's history, it has had several different names; some official titles, others just terms of endearment used by the students. Although ‘Valparaiso Technical Institute sounds long winded, it was a vast improvement over 'Dodge's Telegraph, Railway accounting, and Radio Institute, '' the name adopted in the 30's. The shorter name resulted in a wider path to the driveway, and hence, an increase in enrollment. Probably the biggest boom to hit the campus was in the early 50's. Virtually tons of surplus test equipment hit the campus. Most of the equipment in the labs today can be traced to some foxhole in WWII. The 60's brought rapid change to the electronics indus- . try when solid state replaced vacuum tubes. Tech stu- dents were right up with the changes; they could blow up transistors with the best of them. Electronics is really only a sideline at the Tech. The buildings have housed the first Valpo power plant, an aerosol can factory, a glass bottle factory, a bowling alley, and a roller rink, to mention a few. Currently the building contains a radio station, a book mobile hq., and a newspaper press. All in all, the Tech is a good bet, because the industry figures, if you can make it through here, you can make it through anything. FACULTY AND STAFF 4 2, UIA py Ne ) )) a we ie (i Ni Assistance on the rocky road. CLOID PATTON, Dean of Educa- tion, Amplifiers, Elect. 3, Serv. Mecty eb icitalyeb lect mom ii ARD WHEATON, Elect. App., Serv. Lab, Lab Sup.; LARRY IBUNUL, ISCID) 1. 2, Ilan, By Microwaves; Play it again Sam! G. EDWARD HERSHMAN, Presi- dent, Math 1 2, FRAN WHEA- TON, Secretary; EUGENE E. BULLIS, Physical Plant Manager, Math 3, Calc. 4, IE 4, Design, IEEE Advisor; DAVE LONG, Physical Plant Maintenance. NETTIE B. HERSHMAN, Alumni Secretary, Housing Coordinator; CARRIE SCHNECKENBURGER, Treasurer; GEORGENE FLETCHER, Assistant to the Registrar; Let's see, is capacitance +j or -j? AL AND BARB UDVARE, Steinmetz Hall Parents ; HELEN GREEN, Receptionist; DORIS PORCH, Typist; JIM HARPER, Math 1. ARTHUR L. HERSHMAN, Vice President, ECD 3 4, Physics 4 Se Calcwo,mbech Writings) DRE FRANK CEZUS, PhD., Math 3, Calc. 4; Munchies; BILL MUR- RAY, Director of Guidance, Alumni Coordinator. eae RICHARD M. GILLESPIE, TV, TV Service Lab, IE5, ISA Ad- visor; D. EUGENE WIGGINS, Transmitters, Service Lect. , Eng. Lect. 3, Elect. 4; SAM DILLON, Elect. 1, Eng. Lect. 1 2; CHARLIE AND LINDA ALEXANDER, The Hut. 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Compliments 2401 Calumet of Valparaiso, Indiana (219) 4O4-4O64 McGill | Computer Information Control Ser vices Manufaduring Company, Inc. fo Banks , Busi hare and Industry FROM ONE GOOD OLD INSTITUTION TO ANOTHER— CONGRATULATIONS VALPARAISO TECHNICAL INSTITUTE! 1874 CENTURY IL Thanks to You, We're in Century II NORTHERN INDIANA BANK 2z22%7 VALPARAISO - KOUTS - BURNS HARBOR Student Council Student council officers: Perry Cushman, Nancy Tonkovich, Bob Richter, Al Snyder, Jim Buttz, and Dave Pearson. Student council representatives are elected during first semester, and serve as long as they are in school. The Council is responsible for all the various clubs, and alots them money every year for their needs. They also sponsor student activities, such as the picnics, a pizza blast, and campus clean up. 10 Dorm Council The dorm council is respon- sible for the dorm residents' welfare and happiness. Haven't they done a won- derful job? Some of the major activities this year were holding pizza blasts, changing a few old dorm rules, and purchasing new furniture for the lobbies. (L to R) Blaine Tippett, Perry Cushman, Keith Blaney, Tom Frisz, (BACK ROW) Tom McCartney, Kurt Eifert, Jim Harper. Sia ntatnenle mewr since tre Railroad Club David Vereb, John Van Griethuysen, Carl Shirey, Arthur Hershman (sponsor), Doug Horan, Seated are Jeffrey Teel and Tom Nelson. The railroad club was founded in 1967. They are current- A ly rewiring the system, replacing mechanics with elec- tronics and color coding the wiring. Electronics is com- bined with artwork to construct a realistic, workable sys- . tem. Chess Club James Deputy, Milton Lott, Harry Berndt, Thomas Bates This small band of (intellectuals? ) organized the chess club this year. The club was open to anyone who wanted to learn the game. Three demensional chess was also played. The club also organized school-wide matches during the year. 13 (FRONT ROW) Jon Schlegal, Kent Merideth, Oliver Chen, John Groot. (BACK ROW) George Henegar, Tom Mur- ray, Michael Gaulke, David (Stroker) Knazur. 14 ht i i aah Sct. nace ohighterttlsacheesnpiaisestiianciiaiing : 4) - 6 + we roman reales ene cene me Astronomical Society eS pat oe omee| nae ; O tks Se ee ZN STIMIRAN TINS TELS Halley’s comet in 1066, as depicted A club formed at the beginning of this year was the Astronomical Society. The club made themselves more aware of happenings in the universe, such as the Co- houtek Comet, by weekly lectures. Field trips were also taken during the year. 15 (SEATED) Gary Nemeth (treasurer), Alton Snyder (mem- bership and activities), Andy Graziadio (secretary), Dan Crawford (vice president). Standing is the president George Henegar. Keeping up with what's happening now is a very difficult task in the electronics field. The IEEE does keep up, be- cause they are the pacesetters, the decision makers. The student branch here at the Tech provided guest speakers and films to keep the students in touch with the industry. 16 The Instrument Society of America, like the IEEE, is a student branch of a national organization. The students have a spring banquet and, along with the IEEE, help sponsor the spring field trips. Instrument Society of America New officers (ABOVE) Perry Cushman (sec), Kim Goodreau Old officers: Mike Tobey (sec), Al Fiegel (treas), Jim (vp), Ken Yergler (treas). Kneeling is Gordon Wolter- Buttz (pres). Kneeling is Dan Puetz vice president. storff, president. Mr. Gillespie is the sponsor. 17 The Bowling Club gives stu- dents a chance at friendly competition. Every Wednesday, three man teams compete in a game series, not only for troph- ies, but for relaxation. eee rede Results from the spring semester: First Place was easily taken by First Place team members Rick Fornelli, John Hayes, and Larry Speath. Second place was won by Turkey Soup, team.members Ken Yergler, Von Klausman, and Keith Blaney. Brute Force beat The Good, Bad and the Ugly in a roll off for third. This team consisted of Nancy Tonkovich, Tom Nelson, and Bob Dunkle. Bob also won high series with handicap with a 647. Other special trophies were High Series - John Hayes 598, High Game - Bob Bassett 225, High Game with Handicap - Keith Smith 247. Don Hewlett was the most improved bowler. 19 A quote from the paper will probably best describe this year's school paper. The school paper has gone thru several changes in its history. The names have been chosen in an attempt to reflect the state of the art in electronics for that particular era. A few of the names our academic predecessors came up with are the Spark Gap, Grid Leak, Keyer, and the more recent Modulator. The present name of the paper, 7400, commemorates this year of 1974 as being the 100th year of the school. The name also refers to the 7400 series of logic integrated circuits which is current state of the arte! 7400 Appears Seven Times Valtechnian Staff Remi Adedoyin (business manager), Kent Merideth (asst. editor), Keith Blaney (copy), and Blaine Tippett (layout). Not pictured were Betsy Wood (Sales) and Tom Murray (asst. editor). The cover was designed by Jeff Pennington. Other artwork was done by John Groot. Pat Lindemann was our publishing consultant. The students decided that a yearbook should be published this year, in honor of the school's 100th year. So five fools and the photography club volunteered for the job. Deadlines were missed, sales were low, but the book was a success. (?) 21 This year the photography club was responsible for taking all the shots in the yearbook. This necessitated the seed of creativity to be sewn into otherwise worthless individuals. (Just kidding, folks. They did cause several delays, but the pictures that were taken and developed by the students were of high quality. ) (?) Photography Club (L TO R) James Kopanski, Stanley Van Liere, John Van Griethuysen, Gene Dunham, Andrew Pitstick, Michael Twer, James Harper, David Whelan, Tom Nelson, George Henegar, Dennis Dean. Mek A We Bt) (SEATED) Blaine Tippett (pres), Cris McFarland, Mike Sienicki, James Walker, Thomas Nelson, Charles Kanzawa, (SECOND ROW) Ernie Bird (treas), Arthur Hersh- man (sponsor), Gary Nemeth, Kent Merideth, John Van Griethuysen, ' Gordon Wolterstorff, Gary Butler, Carl Shirey, Guy Braden, (BACK ROW) Craig Borgman, (vp), Don Pamachena (sec), Dan Crawford (publicity chairman), Perry Cushman, Mike Huhn, Julius Lentz. Audio Club 26 si aa pene omen m,n geranium ee aad nga Field trips, guest speakers, and fund raising activities all help the audio club to be one of the most popular clubs on campus. The main reason, however, is that most everyone at the Tech is interested in audio. What makes the audio club unique is that the club room has an atmosphere that can provide for a . member a place to relax and listen to music on a high quality system .. . in short, the audio club is anything a member desires. '' B, Tippett 27 faded = boos] a Z beta a = — YS) _Some national shortages teamed up with Tech short- ages to make this year's list one of the longest ever: gas, food, televisions, paper, money, freetime, and girls. Pag. i i lt 8 FET Economic Drain Unv e rable Source 1 Tabi) : IPing Ril Mac lécp whe Everyone takes time to re- lax from the daily routine, whether they have it or not. Ham Club The All States Amateur Radio Club gives licensed radio ama- teurs a means of gaining elec- tronics skills and of contacting other U.S. and foreign stations. To help students obtain licenses the club holds code classes. Officers (ABOVE) Thomas Frisz (student council rep), Jon Schlegal (vp), Michael Twer (sec), Members (UPPER RIGHT) Jeffery Teel, Carl Shirey, Thomas Nelson, Michael Gaulke, Kurt Eifert. O2hi 4 WVTI Student Radio Station (KNEELING AND SQUATTING) Happy, Kurt Eifert, Thomas Nelson, Thomas Frisz (BACK ROW) Arthur Hershman, Douglas Horan, Mad Dog, Harry Berndt, John Van Griethuysen, Mark Van Goey, Martin Carver WVTI operates of the assigned frequency of 600Kce with a carrier current power of ten watts. The student members gain experience in the operation of an AM broadcast station. The station is a full time station, broadcasting every day except Sundays and holidays, 33 Student Body First Semester Some students in first semester have a pretty hard Thomas Gielow, Kevin Polus, Keith Smith, Ronald time with the classes, others just breeze through. Golz, Ronald Wilburn, Betsy Wood, John Zack, Everything evens out by the second semester. It Edward Darnell, Samuel Lucas, Philip Gambrel gets hard for everybody. 35 (L TO R) John Klingensmith, Jeffrey Forrest, Wal- Huffman, Charles Kanzawa, Fredrick Casner, ter Janowski, Martin Carver, Elias Cuellar, Harry Robert Dunkle, Jeri Guinee, Michael Huhn, Berndt, Alfonso Del Turco, Kurt Eifert, David Michael Gaulke, Richard Lamb i oT 36 Semester (a Cr net ee pete : Bed } (SEATED) Angelos Olandezos, Jeffrey Carter, Gary Ewald, Bill Bellinger, Jim Walker, James Genovesi (SECOND ROW) Demetrios Olandezos, Terrence Rose, Victor Rioli, Gregory Martin, Frank Ensweiler, Nancy Tonkovich, Dale Pflughaupt, Jeffrey Teel Segregation gs (BACK ROW) Thomas Pierce, Carl Shirey, Warren Pollock, David Elliott, David, Vereb, James Wyse, David Trumbo, James Totske, Kim Riggs, Robert Gifford, Charles Richards 37 ird Semester Paper projects from second semester eat up time and Thomas Bates, John Maresko, George Henegar, pencils, but the projects from third, fourth, and fifth Robert Bassett, Theodore Williams, Kenneth semester strain both nerves and patience. (L to R) Krohn Michael Sienicki, Thomas Frisz, Jon Schlegel, Fourth Semester (SEATED) Ted Goossen, Keith Blaney, John Groot, Richard Gonder, Andy Graziadio, Kevin Drzewiecki, Remi Adedoyin, Kevin Klodzen, David Knazur, Dick Beahm, Kim Goodreau, Edward Jeffrey, Daryl (STANDING) Dan Crawford, Julius Lentz, Bob Bar- Herron row, Von Klausman, Perry Cushman, Jim Harper, 39 Fourth Semester (SITTING) Jeffrey Meinert, Larry Spaeth, Blaine Tip- Michael Jones, Patrick Perry, Kenneth Yergler, David pett, Alton Snyder, Donald Pamachena, Martin Mendez Pearson, Randall Hartwig, Thomas McCartney, Gordon (STANDING) Gary Nemeth, David Muffley Wolterstorff, Wildman Dave Shook, Randall Stadt THE CLIMAX ra Bw i) BS a ° w = i) a 8 U is) fe) uw vo Gq ya) i O 41 January EET | — Bernt, Michael J.; Fiegle, Alan Brooks, Patrick J.; Hunke, Dessuit, Franklin; Dunham, Gene D.; Lambert, Leonard R. Michael D.; Murray, Thomas W. R.; Komendant, William A. Dean, Dennis H.; Kieskowski, Buttz, James H.; Horan, Douglas Chen, Oliver V.; Kopanski, Robert L.; Nadolski, Anthony T. A.; Miller, Patrick L. James M.; Larsen, Kenneth P. 43 Musallam, P. Theodore K.; Richter, Robert A.; Theil, L.; Werling, David K. mer, Bela; VandeZande, Michael KS Strader, Ralph K.; Zubersky, John Pennington, Jeffery W.; Tallham- | George B. | Only twice a year! Puetz, Daniel J.; Whelan, Davis : Te Tobey, Michael K. Pitstick, Andrew P.; Van Liere, No student passes this. Stanley; Stiles, John V. 3rd 4.0 in 100 years! Senior EET | If something is wrong, the fifth semester did it. We didn't even know there was a sixth semester. Kacmar, Paul J. Jr.; Merideth, Keefer, John P.; Baran, C. Thomas; Kent H. Williams, Fred. Rigg, Larry D. Borgman, Craig A.; Baum, Larry G.; Dhoore, Steven J. Nobody knew who was graduating Bind Ernest Eas hoby.. Daniela Ri; fourth until 8:30 PM June 6. 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