"When I want to understand what is happening today or try to decide what will happen tomorrow, I look back."
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​—Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Biographical Sketches from the Engineers Club of Dayton, previously published in the Dayton Engineer and the Engineers Club News.
When I want to understand what is happening today or try to decide what will happen tomorrow, I look back.
​—Oliver Wendell Holmes
Valley of the Giants Intro, Sep 1985

I Was There Introduction, Oct 1995

A - B

Abramovitz, Charles Feb 1985, Profile

Abramovitz, Charles Dec 1999

Abramovitz, Charles Apr 1994, Fellow

Adams, Charles O., Sep 1995

Adams, Charles O, Apr 1998, I Was There

Adams, Charles O., May 1999, I Was There

Adams, Charles O., March 2002, Memories

Adams, Charles O., Winter, 2004, Memories

Allport, Chuck, Spring, 2006, Award

Apple, William, Aug 1997

Armstrong, Neil, Summer 2007, Speech

Barn Gang, Spring 2004

Barn Gang, July 2010

Beck Clark, Fall 2009

Biddle, William, Jan 1996

Biebel, Lawrence, May 1995

Bosch, John, Feb 1998, I Was There

Bosch, John, Feb 1999, I Was There

Bosch, John, Jun 2000, Profile

Bosch, John, Mar 2001, Honor

Bosch, John, Winter 2005, Honor

Brooks, E. Bartlett, Jun 1994

Buchanan, Chuck, May 2000, Award

Buchanan, Chuck, Spring 2005

Buchanan, Chuck, Fall 2009, Obit

Buechler, Lester, Sep 1993


C - D

Calhoun, John, Jun 1999

Calhoun, John, Spr 2004, Obit

Carson, Richard, Jun 1993

Charbonneaux, Wilson, Jan 1985, Profile

Charbonneaux, Wilson, Apr 1993

Charbonneaux, W., Nov 1997, I Was There

Charbonneaux, W., Jan 1999, I Was There

Charbonneaux, Wilson, Feb 2002, Obit

Chryst, William, Aug 1995

Copp, R. Stanley, Feb 1994

Cox, James M., Mar 1986

Crouch, Tom, Spring 2008 Speech

Custer, James, Feb 1997

Custer, James, Jan 1998, I Was There

Custer, James, Oct 2000, Profile

Custer, Luzern, Dec 1992

Danis, J.R., Jul 1996

Deardorff, Harold, Jan 1995

Deeds, Edward, Oct 1985

Dempsey, Charles, Jun 1995

Dempsey, Charles, Mar 1999, Obit

Desch, Joseph, 2008, Hall of Fame

Desch, Joseph, Winter 2008

Dickey, Adam, Sep 1992

Dickey, Adam, Spring 2007

Dirkes, William E., Dec 1997, I Was There

Dirkes, William E., Apr 1999, I Was There

Duffy, George, Jun 1990

Durant, William, Feb 1993


E - G

Edmonson, Roger, Nov 1994

Engineering & Science Hall of Fame, 1982-2008

Engineering & Science Hall of Fame, 2008

Engineers Club of Dayton 90th Anniversary, 2008

Ernst, Walter, Apr 1995
Fehr, Ralph, Jun 1997
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Feldstein, Milt Jul 1992

Flack, Harley, May 1998

Flitcraft, Richard, Sep 1994

Foerste, August, Jan 1994

Folkerth, Gene, Mar 1991

Fraze, Ermal, Feb 1988

Fraze, Ermal, Fall 2007

Friend, Ardo, Feb 1999

Gaeke, Harry, Nov 1997

Grafton Hill, Jul 1997

Graham, Ben Sr., Sep 2001, Profile

Grand Eccentrics, Jan 2002

H - J

Hagenbuch, Bill, Summer 2005, Award

Hagenbuch, Bill, Summer 2008, Ropewalk

Hammer, William E. Jr., Apr 1986, Profile

Haverstick, Joseph, Aug 1996

Hayes, Charles, Mar 1999

Hobart, Edward A., Dec 1984, Profile

Hobart, Edward A., Jan 1993

Hochwalt, Carroll, Apr 1998

Holverstott, Carl, Dec 1984, Profile

Hooven, Frederick, Oct 1994

Howard, Pam Miller, Summer 2008

Hoy, Walt, Summer 2007

Huller, Robert, Nov 1993

Ireton, Carl, Jun 1998

Janning, John, Nov 2001, Walk of Fame

Janning, John, Fall 2007

Janning, John, 2008, Hall of Fame

Janning, John, Summer 2008, Award

Janning, John, Summer 2008, Interview

Jerd, Russell, Nov 1990

Jerd, Russell, Dec 2002, Obit

Johnson, John, Nov 1995

Johnson, Mary Ann, Spring 2008, Award

Johnson, J. Richardson, Sep 1996

Johnson, J. Richardson, Jun 1998, I Was There


K - L

Keating, Jack, Dec 1996

Kettering, Charles, Sep 1985

Kettering, Charles, Feb 2000, Honor

Kimmel, Richard, Aug 1993

Koehring, Roland, Apr 1999

Kohnle, Edward, Aug 1992

Krug, Maurice, Feb 1995

Kunkle, Bayard, May 1994

Lange, Julian, Jan 1999

Larsh, Everett, Jul 1998

Leland, Al, Winter 2007, Interview

Leland, George, Oct 1986, Profile

Leland, George, Fall 2007

Leland, Gerald, Feb 1998

Lenz, Ralph, Aug 1990

Lenz, Ralph, May 1996

Levy, Irving, Mar 1993

Lockwood, William, Dec 1989

Lockwood, William, Feb 1991, Fellow

Lockwood, William, Fall 2008, Interview

Luedtke, Lou, Fall 2006, Interview


M - O

Martin, Dale, Jun 1999, I Was There

Martino, Joe, Oct 1995, I Was There

Martino, Joe, Jan 1999, Turkey

Meeker, David A., Sep 1997

Meeker, David B., Dec 1997

Mikesell, Daniel, Oct 1998

Moore, Ernest Frank, Sep 1989

Morgan, Arthur, Jan 1986
Mowry, Phil, Fall 2009, Interview

Murphy, Edward, Feb 2000, Murphy’s Law

Nutter, Ervin, Mar 1993, Fellow

Nutter, Ervin, Jul 1993

Nutter, Ervin, Feb 2000 Obit

Nutter, Zoe Dell, Sum 2004, Award

Nutter, Zoe Dell, Winter 2005, Honor

Ohmer, John, Jul 1994

P - R

Patterson, Dan, May 2002, Profile

Patterson, John, Dec 1985

Polk, Louis, May 1997

Prociv, Theodore, May 1990

Quinlivan, Bill, Winter 2006, Interview

Reagan, Delmar, Nov 1996

Reemelin, Ben Mar 1995

Reiger, Frederic, Sum 2004, Obit.

Requarth Family, Mar 1998

Ritchie, Malcolm, Spring 2009

Rozelle, James, Apr 1997

Russ, Fritz, Feb 1990, Fellow

Russ, Fritz, Oct 1992

Russ, Fritz, Winter 2004

S- T
Schaefer, Doug, Feb 2003, Award

Schenck, Harry, October 1995, Interview

Shaw, Harold, Nov 1999

Shaw, Harold, July 2000, Obit

Sheetz, Thomas, Jul 1999

Shpiner, Larry, Nov 1989

Staley, Wayne, Mar 1994

Stewart, James T., LtGen, Sep 1998

Stewart, Jim & Leatha, Fall 2007

Stillwagon, George, Nov 1992

Stillwagon, George, Fall 2009, Obit

Stolle, Ralph, Mar 1996

Stork, Fred, Spring 2009

Stupp, Bernard, Dec 1994

Sullivan, Jack, Fall 2004

Sullivan, Jack, Winter 2005, Obit

Sullivan, John, Dec 1998

Sullivan, John, Jan 2000, Honor

Thomas, Marianna, Mar 1997

Tilson, Brad, Nov 2001, Interview

Treat, Elwyn, Jul 1995

Treat,Elwyn, Nov 1995, I Was There

Treat, Elwyn, Mar 1998, I Was There

Treat, Elwyn, Jan 2001, Obit

Trolander, Hardy, Apr 1992, Fellow

Trolander, Hardy, Aug 1994

Trolander, Hardy, Spring 2006, Interview

Trolander, Hardy, 2008, Hall of Fame

Tuck, Harvey, Spring 2010, Interview

U- Z

Vaughn, Bill, Spring 2007, Interview

Veght, James, Sep 1990

Versic, Ronald, Jan 1998

von Ohain, Hans Jan 1997

von Ohain, Hans, Feb 1987, Fellow

von Ohain, Hans, Jan 1997, Farewell

Watton, Alan, Jr., Aug 1999

Watton, Alan Jr., Oct 1993

Watton, Alan Jr., Oct 1997

Weibel, John Jr., Winter 2006

Werner, Calvin, Apr 1994

Wright, Ivonette, Dec 1995

Wright, Orville, Nov 1985

Wright, Orville, Jan 2004

Wright, Wick, Jan 2000, Obit

Wright Lane, Amanda, Spring 2008, Interview

Zahrt, Kenton, Aug 1989

Zahrt, Kenton, Apr 1992, Award