[Boatanchors] Boatanchor folks: See?

[Tom Chesek]

Kurt,

The number 38 is a coincidence.  38 years ago I was part of a tour group at 
Fermi National Accelerator Lab.  I had just started working for a company 
known back in those days as Addressograph-Multigraph Corporation, an office 
machine OEM with manufacturing facilities in Schaumburg.  The company housed 
us at The Sheraton O'Hare Hotel while we participated in their training 
programs.  My first stint at the hotel was in the summer of 1974 for a 
period of 6 weeks.  Spending that much time living in a hotel exposed us to 
the hotel staff quite a bit.  Our group of technicians was befriended by a 
hotel bellboy (at least that is what I recall as his position)who was 
probably in his 20's also.  This bellboy was a friend of a Fermi employee 
who was responsible for maintenance of the large magnet assemblies used in 
the accelerator.  Our group of about ten people was given a personal tour 
with that employee as our guide.  As a young man of 23 I was impressed by 
the scope of responsibility that man had at such a unusual place.  I have 
some 35 mm slides of some of the equipment there.  To this day when I look 
at those pictures they look like something out of a science fiction movie. 
That tour gave us a great sense of pride in what our country was capable of 
accomplishing.  My recollection was that quarks were the big topic of the 
day at Fermi Lab at that time.

Thanks for the comment about Fermi Lab in this thread.  It allowed my to 
reminisce about an enjoyable event in my life.

By the way the man who gave the tour was African-American if I remember 
correctly.  That might help you identify who our guide was.

73,
Tom K3TVC



-----Original Message----- 
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Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2012 5:05 PM
To: Duane Fischer, W8DBF
Cc: Boat Anchors List ; Ken Kaplan
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Boatanchor folks: See?

Spent 38 years at the Fermi National Accelerator Lab. Fantastic place to 
visit if you are ever in the area.

Kurt K9ZWY