New Members
The company no longer provides us New Retiree contact information because of privacy concerns. Please advise any New Retirees you know to provide their full name, mailing address, telephone, e-mail address and date of retirement to Grady L Fairbairn, g.fairbiarn@sbcglobal.net, 7300 Dustin Ct., North Richland Hills, TX 76180-2125, phone 817-498-7399 so they may be added to the Rockwell Collins Retiree Association data base. We must rely on new retirees to make contact with us.
So if you encounter new retirees, tell them about RCRA, invite them to the meetings and we will place them in the Recent Retirees Section, welcoming them into the association.
Website Site for RCRA is Now in Use
Since October, 2007, Jerry Henninger, a past president of RCRA, has hosted the RCRA web site. We appreciate and thank Jerry Henninger and his business partner, Lance Ochs at the Heritage Trade Group for hosting the website on their company’s equipment. It appears that many people are visiting the web site.
Visit http://rcretirees.com/ to see how information from our semiannual newsletter is displayed on line. Also notice that a user can download a roster that includes names and mailing addresses for our membership totaling more than 2100. As a security measure, you must e-mail one of the officers to obtain the pass word to access and print the directory. Please be aware the directory is not for commercial use only.
Please continue to forward obituaries and death notices for our members to one of the officers at the address in the box above right and copy Jerry Henninger. His email address is jerry@heritagetradegroup.com.
I know you will join the RCRA officers in thanking Jerry and Lance for their generous donation of equipment and service.
Please send information to be posted to Jerry@heritagetradegroup.com.
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Past Events:
Introduction to Our Election Slate
The RCRA Nominating Committee, consisting of Fritz Weigl and Dave Jaksa, has identified a candidate for each of the three offices. Each candidate was requested to provide biographical information for this newsletter. The following are excerpts from their submissions.
Thomas Schultz: Candidate for President
Thomas (Tomm) Schultz joined Rockwell Collins in Newport Beach, California in 1973 before transferring to Dallas in 1975. During his 33+ year career he held positions in Operations and Finance and was in Program Management from 1977 until he retired in Jan 2007. Tomm managed many programs including AFSATCOM, Milstar LRIP, Navy WSC-6 and MMRT. He has also managed several international programs including Peace Shield for Saudi Arabia and other programs in Europe and the Middle East.
Tomm is a past president of the Rockwell Collins Chapter of the National Management Association, now named Rockwell Collins Leadership Association, and served on its Board of Directors.
Tomm and his wife, Sue, are residents of Richardson. They have two grown children and two grandsons. Currently they are raising their first Guide Dog puppy for the Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind. Tomm continues to play golf and follow the Drum and Bugle Corps competitions across the country.
Grady Fairbairn: Candidate for Vice President
Grady started with Collins Radio in 1967 in Richardson, Texas as a component buyer in Purchasing. Later he worked at various positions in Personnel, Marketing, Sub Contract Purchasing, Contract Management and Program Planning and Control in the Finance Department. Grady worked on large U. S. government and international programs with many program managers, engineering, manufacturing, and management personnel, as well as, many people at the subsidiaries in Canada, Germany, France, England and the Middle East. Grady retired from the U. S. Army Reserve in 1989 with 28 years of service, prior to retiring from Rockwell in December 1994. More recently Grady was employed by Electro Space Systems/Chrysler Technologies where Grady was a Program Manager of a secure communications system. He completed his third retirement from this company in 2002 and now enjoys traveling and working jobs with various military related volunteer organizations. Grady and his wife Mary currently live in the city of North Richland Hills, Texas.
Joanne Patrick: Candidate for Treasurer
Joanne (Anderson) Patrick worked as a Secretary/Administrative Assistant at Rockwell for 29 years, retiring in 2005. After a short two-year stint in the Contracts area, all of her employment has been in the Engineering Department. Her last assignment was as the Administrative Assistant to various Engineering Directors. Joanne is enjoying retirement – volunteering as a Stephens Minister and for the Visiting Nurse Association. She is also involved in book clubs, square dancing, and traveling in her RV. Joanne and her husband Mike, a software engineer at Rockwell Collins, currently reside in Allen, Texas.