Barry — I knew Dale — partly from our shared HF interests, partly because we were both GE employees at one time or another. I last visited him at his home in Florida in the late 80s, I think it was, in between a couple of his Diego Garcia tours. Ironically, I had been thinking about him this past week, and wondering if he was doing OK. A couple of small “fixes” to the release might be in order: a. There’s at least one word — and maybe a phrase — missing. “a NASA xxxxxx”. ??? Perhaps that’s supposed to be “a NASA contractor” or “a NASA sub-contractor”. b. I’m used to seeing the MSEE degree totally capitalized, not “MSee” as it appears there. Also, I’d expand “bachelor’s” to “bachelor’s degree”. c. I believe it’s “U. S. Merchant Marine” or “United States Merchant Marine”. In any case, “Marine” is singular, not plural. Thanks! Bud On Jan 27, 2020, at 3:19 PM, Shelley, Barry, N1VXY (CEO) <bshelley@arrl.org<mailto:bshelley@arrl.org>> wrote: Good afternoon. Before this is posted on-line I thought it should be shared with ODV in case anyone knew Dale. 73, Barry, N1VXY From: Rick Lindquist WW1ME <ww1me@roadrunner.com<mailto:ww1me@roadrunner.com>> Sent: Monday, January 27, 2020 1:33 PM To: Ford, Steve, WB8IMY <sford@arrl.org<mailto:sford@arrl.org>> Subject: News Brief = Past ARRL Southeastern Division Director H. Dale Strieter, W4QM, SK Past ARRL Southeastern Division Director Dale Strieter, W4QM (ex-W4DQS), of Cocoa Beach, died on January 6. An ARRL Life Member, he was 92 and a founding member of the Maxim Society. Strieter was ARRL Southeastern Division Director from 1970 until 1973. During World War II, he served as US Maritime Service radio officer in the Pacific. After the war, he received a bachelor’s in electrical engineering from Michigan State. He got his amateur radio license in 1947. Strieter later earned an MSee from Michigan State, and then worked as an audio engineer. In 1958, Strieter moved to Cocoa Beach to work for General Electric, a NASA, and he served as the guidance engineer on the Mercury and Gemini manned spaceflight missions. Strieter was a prolific DXpeditioner. After 20 years with GE, he returned to sea in 1979 as a radio officer in the Merchant Marines on a ship generally anchored at Chagos. As VQ9QM, Strieter logged more than 200,000 contacts from nearby Diego Garcia, between 1986 and 2001. He retired in 2002. — Thanks to Tom Tenney, W8OJM, and Don Karvonen, K8MFO ========== Rick Lindquist, WW1ME ARRL – the National Association for Amateur Radio News Editor/Contributing Editor NCJ Managing Editor _______________________________________________ arrl-odv mailing list arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org<mailto:arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org> https://reflector.arrl.org/mailman/listinfo/arrl-odv