Pete at Great Wall, April 2001
Employment:
Product Sales Engineer, Eaton Aerospace - Vickers Fluid
Power - Jackson, Mississippi
Family:
Wife Maureen, audiologist and instructor at Jackson State
University (retired)
Son Jonathan, 24, graduate student at University of Chicago
in physics
Son Jeffrey, 21, undergraduate student (3rd year) at
Mississippi State University in mechanical engineering
Past 35 years ....
After graduation, I moved to Powell River, BC to work for
McMillan Bloedell in their paper mill. I lasted about a year
- couldn't stand the isolation - then moved to Vancouver to
pursue a masters degree in ME under Bob McKechnie at UBC,
which I obtaind in 1975. I then worked at BC Research until
1979, on marine motion compensation systems.
I moved to the US in 1979 to work for Vickers (which was recently acquired by Eaton Corp.) on hydraulic components and systems for marine and aerospace. Along the way, I picked up a wife, an MBA, and a couple of kids. For the past 7 years I have been in sales, and had the opportunity to travel to Europe, China, Japan, Taiwan, Russia, and Brazil - should hit a million miles on Delta in the next few months.
Web page
www.petesplaza.com
E-mail
pstricker@jam.rr.com
Jeffrey pursuing his hobby
Jonathan's graduation from Vanderbilt in 2005
with Maureen (above) and
getting his degree from Dr. Gee
