Just a quick hello to any/all folks I may have known or had the pleasure of working with back in the good ol' Altec 70's.

I first started working at Altec in 1970 as assembler in Mary Aruda's aread in the far back corner of the rear building. Graduated to Test Tech in the speaker assembly area under Jerry Deck / Dave Holt. Moved up to Bench Tech afterwards under Claude Gosslin / Cal Callahan in the rear building. Was then approached by the plant manager, John Taylor and accepted a position as Foreman of the Microphone Department under Arnie Pitts, in which position I remained until 1979 when I left for a position with McDonnell Douglas Corp. Also met my lovely wife Marie there (formally Marie Rojas) who was an Inspector (and it is now 6 kids and 22 grandkids later!). You may remember the air conditioned room in the far back of the rear building, where Richard Donaldson, aka "The Hippie" also used to work, and from which would periodically emmanate high volume stereo sounds whenever a "good" song wotec uld hit the airwaves on mine and the Hippie's receiver. Had sooo much fun with "my ladies" who would build and repair all the mics, HF horns, cables and misc other items.itable carrear Nothing but fond memories.

After leaving Altec for McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing Aerospace) in 1979, I then had a very proffitable career there as Electrical Test and Measurement Specialist, Qual Test Engineer for the Delta IV Launch Vehicle (yest Rocket Scientist), finishing up in Test Project Management on the C-17 Transport plane. VERY THANKFULL ! God is good ! I am now retired, and am a full-time RVer with no particular home anymore.

Anyway, enough about me. If anyone's out there that remember's me, drop me a note. Would love to hear from some old, "old" friends and their stories.

Sincerely,
Wes Dayen (aka "Red Neck")