[QCWA Hotlist] 2018-010 - Walter (Walt) Supina, N3WS - Silent Key

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September 23, 2018

 From QCWA Headquarters
www.qcwa.org

QCWA Bulletin 2018-010  - Walter (Walt) Rudolph Supina, N3WS - Silent Key

It is with sadness we report the passing of QCWA #30,909 Walter 
(Walt) Supina, N3WS of Redington, FL on September 20, 2018 at the age of 87.

First licensed in 1976 as WN3BSI; was active in the QCWA Pelican 
Chapter 128, and editor of the chapter newsletter.

Supina was born in Hartford, CT and passed away at Juniper Village at 
Brookline, surrounded by his family. He spent his youth on Long 
Island, Southern New Jersey and Bucks County, PA, graduating from 
Council Rock High School in 1949. He earned a Bachelor of Science 
degree in Chemical Engineering from Penn State in 1953, and then went 
to work for DuPont in Victoria, TX.

My QCWA life membership number 30909 is an indication that I am 
relatively new to QCWA as I was Two years ago I was elected to the 
position of Secretary of the chapter.
Walter married Aura Lee Tyrrell on August 18, 1956 in Philadelphia. 
That year they moved to State College where he began graduate work in 
Chemical Engineering at Penn State receiving his Masters' degree in 
1957 and his PhD in 1960. Walter then went to work at Applied Science 
Labs in State College. In 1966, he and Nicholas Pelick founded 
Supelco, Inc. in Bellefonte growing it into a prominent company in 
the field of Chromatography.

Supina retired in early 1990 and he and Aura Lee began wintering in 
Redington Beach, FL. He received the Outstanding Engineering Alumni 
Award from Penn State in 1989, and served on the Penn State Alumni 
Council. A very generous person, Walter personally helped people in 
need, established scholarships and fellowships at Penn State and 
contributed to a number of charities and organizations, asking for 
little or no recognition.

In addition to being an accomplished chemist and business owner, 
Walter had various hobbies and passions. He was a long time Ham Radio 
Operator at the Expert Level, a member of the Nittany Amateur Radio 
Club and QCWA.  He was an avid painter and master gardener, and 
enjoyed fly fishing trips to the Rocky Mountains.

73,
Ken Oelke, VE6AFO
President, Quarter Century Wireless Association, Inc.


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