User:Pommerenke

Pommerenke edited his first wiki article in June 2006.

Background
Grew up in Great Bend, Ks. Presently live in Roanoke, VA, with wife and cat. Retired from GE February 2002.

Education
Great Bend (Kansas) High School 1964

FCC First Class Radio License 1965

BSEE Lafayette College 1968

Private Pilot License 1971 PE 1983

MA Lynchburg College 1987

Certified ISO 9000 auditor 1997.

Travels
Traveled twice around the world (possibly three times if that Seoul-Amsterdam flight went around the north pole on the Canadian side ). First time was a year and a half odyssey backpacking in 1971-1972. Second time was as an international field engineer for General Electric.

Countries lived in
Lived in, for more than a year,: Korea, France, Spain, Holland.

Lived in, for 6 months to a year,: Brazil

Quotes
"Why don't more wiki people use their real names? Are they hiding something?"

Organizations and offices

 * Roanoke Ski Club since 1987. President, webmaster, trip leader
 * Roanoke Astronomy Club since 1995. Webmaster
 * GE Elfun
 * GE TMGE Volunteers board member

Present Volunteer activities
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 * Mill Mountain Theatre
 * AARP tax preparation
 * Apple Ridge Farm (for 'at risk' inner-city youths)
 * Roanoke Historical Museum (digitalization project)
 * Second Harvest Food Bank (IT)
 * GE PC Refurbishment project
 * Taubman Museum gallery host