Joe Polulech

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Address:  1400 Route 171, Woodstock Valley, CT 06282

Email:  jepeng@charter.net

Phone:  (860) 974-1343

Class of:  1965

Spouse:  Joan Brugess Polulech

Met at:  T&R in Potsdam

Kids:  Two sons (Florida and Oregon)

Pets:  3 cats

College Major: Civil Engineering

Career/Worked For:  : USDA Soil Conservation Service (now Natural Resources Conservation Service) 1963-2002, US Army Corps of Engineers (1966-1968) Company Commander of an OCS Company Fort Belvoir, Virginia (I was an ROTC Graduate from Clarkson)

Most interesting job:  Project and Design Engineer on several Dams and channels in NY, CT, RI, and HI

Where lived: Warsaw, NY, Alexandria Virginia, North Syracuse, NY, Binghamton, NY, Tolland CT, Woodstock CT

Interesting place visited:  Belarussia to visit cousins (2015), and Northern Italy

Greatest accomplishment since graduation :  Design and Construction of several Civil Engineering Projects in six states

Retired/Spend Time:  Consulting Engineer, Elected member of local P&Z, Deer and Elk Hunting (Colorado), Camping via Truck Camper, Cutting Wood, gardening

One thing you wish you knew:  Tolerance

Favorite college memory:  Sports participation

News that stands out:  Assasination of JFK during my Junior year.  It was announced in our Transportation class that “the President had been shot” and the professor left the class in shock.    We all wondered why the president of the college had been shot since the professor gave no other explanation before leaving the classroom.    Soon found it was the US President