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Marcia Heronemus-Pate's avatar

Hey there Randy! Looking Hale and Hearty!

Great Article and I appreciate your clarification that Bill Heronemus was not out boozing it up with you and Woody! Of course, he truly believed in one "old fashioned" with the newspaper before sitting down for family dinner....

I'm really writing to clarify to Daniel that in "the services", US Navy included of course, you have an earned RANK. His rank was probably Commander when he was designing the first submarines, but his last "job" was as Construction Superintendent. He was promoted along the way, of course, retiring later at the rank of Captain. This rank surfaced again at UMASS and "stuck" as he first pursued floating offshore wind systems. m

My thanks to both you and Daniel in keeping his memory and role in the development of WindPower in the forefront!

Randy Tinkerman's avatar

danke sehr, Marcia... i've always been so thankful that another pioneer, Paul Sturges in Stone Ridge NY, got Bill to lecture at Ulster Community College. Afterwards at Paul's house, the discussion changed the course of my life. Onward!