chapter 207rogers

1/19/2013

Tom Rogers story

BIO

Work:

Born Aug 1945 in Worcester, MA •  Married Syracuse, NY 1967 • BS Chemistry • Chemist Waterloo, NY, then AMF in Lowville, NY • Hunting/fishing • Lab Supervisor Rochester NY : 4 children • MBA • Development Engineer at Mobil Chemical Co. • Canoe tripping • Product Manager Golden Colorado • Mountain Hiking and camping • Granddad • Grand Junction Colorado • Marketing Manager • Patents and Publications • Divorce 2000 • Red Rocks and Desert hiking and camping • BS Computer Science in 2002 • Database business • Very near death experience • Long recovery • Remarriage 2005 • Moved to Port Angeles Washington in Semi-retirement • minor heart attack-three stents • full happy retirement • Forest and shore hiking/camping • Rt. hip replaced •Stories

old co-op stories:

• My first year Jesse Rieber and Mark Scuyten(sp.?) were roommates.

• Zolie and I made wine one year. He drank his, I decided I didn’t like wine so I made a still out of a coffee maker and proceeded to make moonshine in my room then get wasted.

• Remember the slide across the street on the side of the old hospital? I swear college was better than DisneyWorld.

• I apologize for being a jerk, Pete France, but I was drunker than Coop the Dog. The back stairs were his toilet.

• I still love cooking. I don’t know a self-respecting chemist who doesn’t.

• Me and Caldwell hanging on the pipes like bats in the TV room.

• Engagement party where several participants blew lunch. Who cleaned it up?

• Remember we had Mark Shineberg among others pranked with fireworks thrown down the chimney and blaming “wet green elm” on them?

• Remember the massive Jan 1966(?) snowfall that delayed classes for a week? By far one of the best weeks I ever had at the Co-op.

• Water fights ruled.

• Wasn’t Brian G. Responsible for the bullet hole in the fridge?

co-op contacts:Buzz thru facebook 2013, then contact Terry

recent decade stories: 

want to say:I'm really happy to be connected again to the co-op crew. Thanks for returning my email. I'll definitely stay in touch.