Hinckleyfamily@msn.com

Graduated CT School of Electronics, 1964
United States Army- 1966 thru 1968
Instructor: US Army South-Eastern Signal School, Avionics- 1967-1968
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, CT, 1969-1974, Experimental Dept., 2nd Shift, attended University of Bridgeport full-time days.
University of Bridgeport, 1968-1973, Graduated BS in Marketing.
University of Bridgeport Radio Station WPKN, morning announcer.
Radio Station WNAB, 1970-1975- announcer/radio host.
Employed Materials Research Corp., Orangeburg, NY 1973-1974.
Employed by ITT Flygt Corp. 1975-2004, instructor/trainer, Corporate communications mgr., video production- editing etc., writer, artist.
Retired 2004.

Hi!

Well, I opened the CHS web page to the Middlebrook School photo and was struck by the fact that it was immediately familiar to me....not only because I recognized the faces, but also the composition and other details such as the way people looked etc.

It was my class, yet I wasn't in the photo- why not?. The next morning, I discussed it with my wife Kit and she said "Well you know Rod, you probably took it!". In a flash, that opened the realization that I did take it!

At a very young age I became very interested in photography and saved money obtained from a paper route to buy my first 35 mm Kodak Signet camera- which I used to take the photo. I also had my own dark room where I lived, which I used to develop the film and enlarge the negative to a larger size. I printed a copy for everyone shown in the photo including the one your are displaying on the website. Some of you may remember that I often had a camera with me in and around school and kind of became the "unofficial" school photographer. Interestingly enough, I still have the camera used to take the photo, stashed away in a drawer- along with the memories it preserved,

It was this early experience in photography that led to many other creative areas in my business career such as video production and editing, creative graphics design, advertising and marketing literature layout/design etc.

Who would figure the photo would "pop-up" some 56 years later and help me remember the past!

I wish to thank all of you who are doing an excellent job with the CHS '61 website!

I have attached an autographed jpeg copy of the backside of my copy of the photo, signed by most everyone shown in it, including the teachers- Mr. Huntley and Ray Rossomondo (sp?).

My best to all!

Roger (Rod) Hinckley, CHS '61