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  • July 2026: Volume 26 - Issue 10

    newHickLogoWe have a new category under Features called The Hicksville Connection. Thanks to returning author Karl Schweitzer for the title! This category includes articles that have historical connections to Hicksville and remain relevant today. In addition, please make use of our Search feature. Ryan Vicino has an interesting article with a Grumman tag. A tag in our newsletter does not work outside of HixNews. However, if you use our Search box, you can find other articles in HixNews about Grumman or whatever else you are looking for. When you are logged into the site, scroll to the bottom of an article and leave us a comment! 

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Where do you live currently? Rochester , New York

Known In Hicksville High as: John

Spouse/Partner: Martha

Were you classmates at HHS? NO!!!

Where did you meet? How long ago? We met in Rochester back in 1967

Married How Long? Date Married: 41 Years, December 19, 1970

Children/Grandchildren: Martha and I have 3 children, John, Bridget, Katie and 2 grandkids, Marshall and Holly

Occupation/Trade/Profession: Retired Optical Engineer

Education Beyond High School: I received a BS in Physics in 1965 and got my MBA in 1972

Military Service: None

Hobbies/Pastimes: I enjoy softball and do some consulting.

Now, the hard one. Tell us what we need to know. Give us 50 years in the space below:

I had a fun career at Kodak retiring after 38 years but double dipped for 5 additional years. Helped to repair the Hubble, built the Chandra X-ray telescope, built the Geo-Eye Satellite (that is used to view your house on Google Earth. I have a wonderful wife in Martha. Our 3 children are great and all are engineers. Bridget played soccer at Bucknell. Katie played D1 basketball at Kansas . I learned to drive in lotsa snow. Still enjoying life.

Finally, if you had to do it all over again, I would...not change a thing!!!

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