12TH ANNUAL
 OUTSTANDING TEACHER
   AWARDS BANQUET

     The following announcement was received from 
Vernon Tryon, Chairman of the Teacher Awards 
Committee:

We have the opportunity of honoring five terrific 
teachers at our Twelfth Annual Outstanding Awards 
Banquet. It will held on Friday, May 5, 2000, in  
the Ambassador Room at the Ramada Inn, 1305 
Buckley Road, in Syracuse.  Cash bar will be avail-
able at 6:00 P.M.; dinner will be served at 6:30.  It 
promises to be a significant occasion in the year's 
activities of the Club and I hope you will support 
this important event with your attendance. Reserv-
ations are due April 28. Payment should accomp-
any reservations. 

The honored teachers are Thomas Frawley, Bodley
High School, Fulton; Thomas Hennigan, DeRuyter
High school; Jeanne Klein, Fayetteville-Manlius 
High School; Bruce Schauer, Soule Road Middle 
School, Liverpool CSD; and Sandra Sherwood, 
Appleby Elementary School, Marathon CSD.

The banquet menu will be tossed garden salad,  
fresh bread, and butter, prime rib of beef, au jus, 
chef's choice of vegetable and potato, beverages, 
and Mom's apple pie. The chef will accommodate 
any special dietary requirements. After-dinner 
entertainment will be by a wonderful group of 
singers, In A Chord, from Jamesville-DeWitt High 
School, under the direction of Elizabeth Quacken-
bush, vocal music teacher.

From Interstate 81, take Exit 25 onto Seventh  
North Street headed west. Turn right onto Buckley 
Road at the first traffic light and watch for the 
Ramada Inn almost immediately on the left. From
the New York State Thruway, Interstate 90, take
Exit 36 to Interstate 81 South, take Exit 25 onto
Seventh North Street headed west, and turn right 
at the first traffic light onto Buckley Road. 

 NOMINATIONS FOR THE
   TECHNOLOGY CLUB
  BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The Nominating Committee consisting of Phil Horan, Jack 
McKissick, and Lou Ragonese, recommended the following 
candidates for the Technology Club of Syracuse's Board
of Directors. Approval of these candidates will be on the
agenda for the next business meeting scheduled for April 18.

                   2003
William Busher
Bert K. Erickson, P.E.
>Michael R. Hayes P.E.
>Tim Knauss
John Lamb P.E.
>Joanne Pratt
Dr. Conrad Schuerch 
>Robert Seiselmyer
>Steven M. Stern
Dr. Vernon A. Tryon

                   2002 
Dr. Marjory Baruch
Al Brandenburg
Craig E. Cobb P.E.
Ronald H. Hinshaw 
Howard R. Hollander
Peter Koval
Dr. Nancy J. McKracken
Dr. John V. Oldfield
Louis J. Ragonese
Kelly M. Thompson P.E.

                                                 2001
Richard Hawks                             >MOST Representative
Richard A Holmquist                   Jack McKissick
Philip R. Horan                             Francis Sidman
Stephen A. Karon                        Dr. Stephen W. Tehon

               New Candidates for the Board of Directors

Michael R. Hayes is with the C&S Engineers, Inc. He is 
past Chairman of the local IEEE and the NSPE, is currently
 IEEE Regional Chair. He is the local MathCount coordin-
ator, helped consolidate the expanded "Technologist",
and is the TC Engineer of the year.

Tim Knauss is a business and technology feature writer
with the Syracuse Newspapers.

Joanne Pratt is Director of Education at ITT in Liverpool 

Robert Seiselmyer is the Quality Assurance Manager for 
Hoffman Air & Filtration Systems. He holds S.U. degrees 
in Industrial Engineering and Operations Management 
and is past Chairman of ASQ and is a member of MACNY
ISO/QS Network
 
Steven M. Stern is Chief Software Engineer with Lockheed-
Martin. He holds BS and MS degrees in Electrical Engineer
ing from Rutgers and S.U. and is past Chairman of the IEEE 
and the Elfund Society.

  Technology Club Logos

Discerning readers of the Technologist may 
have noticed:

      a) that there are TWO varieties of
          the Technologist Club Logo, one
          with Roman-type letter U's, and

      b) that the latter is fuzzy, probably
           due to much reproduction.

In looking through some historic materials in 
the Club's office at Onondaga Community 
College, I came across a plaque which shows
that the Club seal was transmitted electronic-
ally by RCA in 1928, in connection with an 
address by one of its staff. It appears to be 
an early form of FAX: the image has been 
scanned, confirmed by close-up examination 
of the 'jaggies' on the circles, and a slight 
amount of stretching -- the circles aren't quite 
perfect. It is referred to as a 'Photoradiogram,' 
which might infer that it was transmitted by 
radio. Further research should clarify this 
point. The seal includes the date when the 
Club was incorporated -- most people will 
be aware that the club was founded in 1903, 
four years earlier.

John Oldfield

Chair Property Committee

Technology Club of Syracuse

 Sweet Lecture Series

Sweet Lecture #7

Astronomical
Observation and
Instruction

Joint Meeting with the Syracuse
Astronomical Society
Karl Schultz, Chairman 673-3556

Friday, May 19 at 5:30 PM

Location: Darling Hill Observatory
Tully, NY

Bring your own telescope if you wish, and 
receive instruction in its proper use

For other details: call Bill Busher 434-1242
or e-mail bbusher@inficon.com

Future Technology Club Sweet Lectures/Meetings

May 5: Outstanding Teacher Award Banquet
              Ramada Inn, 1305  Buckley Rd.

How to find the Darling Hill Observatory:

Go west on Route 80 at the Tully exit on Inter-
state 81, then after driving 3.3 miles, go south 
on Strong Road. The entrance to the obser-
vatory is 1.4 miles down Strong Road.  Look 
for an open gate with a sign on the right.