Rick Gardiner
Honor Code SignatorySigned 2 Jun 2015 | 80,150 contributions | 4,909 thank-yous | 950 connections
Entered U. S. Army, April 8, 1969. Graduated Artillery O. C. S. and commissioned in Signal Corp., February 20, 1970. Battalion Communications Officer, 2/56 ADA Battalion, Pirmasens, Germany, September 1970 to April 1972. Discharged April 22, 1972 as 1st Lieutenant.
B. S. Structural Engineering, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, 1976.
Engineer and Construction Manager of chemical and manufacturing plant construction and renovation throughout the southeastern U. S. 1976 to 1995.
Regional Director of design and construction of cellular communications infrastructure in North and South Carolina. 1995 to 2004.
Two round trips from the Chesapeake Bay through the Eastern Caribbean islands to Trinidad as captain of 46' staysail ketch "Flying Cloud". 2004 to 2011.
Retired...sorta. 2011 to pending.
Featured German connections: Rick is 22 degrees from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 26 degrees from Dietrich Bonhoeffer, 26 degrees from Lucas Cranach, 24 degrees from Stefanie Graf, 23 degrees from Wilhelm Grimm, 23 degrees from Fanny Hensel, 23 degrees from Theodor Heuss, 17 degrees from Alexander Mack, 34 degrees from Carl Miele, 18 degrees from Nathan Rothschild, 22 degrees from Hermann Friedrich Albert von Ihering and 20 degrees from Ferdinand von Zeppelin on our single family tree. Login to see how you relate to 33 million family members.
It's good to know I wasn't too far off on birth year, etc. The pieces are coming together!
Thanks again, Liz
Cheers,
Chris
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edited by [Living Williams]
I removed all of Mary Ann Au's children that were on Mary Ann Swan's page but I can't seem to add them to Mary Ann Au. Can you add these profiles? Margaret McBride-178 Martha McBride-179 Charles McBride-171 Curtis McBride-172 Mary McBride-174 Thomas McBride-162 Hubbell McBride-175 Chester McBride-176
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WikiTrees Appreciation Team
Pippin Sheppard
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Pip Sheppard ~ WikiTree Appreciation Team
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