The Penn State Alumni AssociationWhat’s been happening: Pennsylvania State College Grad. 1974. Grad 1950 from Johnson Hopkins Medical School, in Dept. of Art as Applied to Medicine. Worked at Westinghouse wiring Mag Amps used in guidance systems for airplanes. After moving to New Mexico for six years my work was at the Sacrament Peak Solar Observatory at Sunspot, NM. Married Norton Smith Sept. 22, 1949 Two children: Jeffrey Wm Smith named for my Dad Bill Hoffman a Penn State Grad. 1911. Jeff is a fire Inspector in Arizona for Foster Homes. After twenty years plus he is now retiring and is moving to Silver City, NM. His sister Clothilde Smith Martin is a senior scientist with P&G. Lives in England with husband Geoff Martin met in the Seychelles Islands while she was tracking Satellites for the Govt. We have six great grandchildren. And they are really great! Both Norton and son-in-law are pilots. Norton learned to fly before he had a driver's license. Joined the Army Air Corp. He ended up establishing radar beacons behind the German lines to guide Allied bombers. Geoff Martin is a glider pilot studying to be an instructor. 2009 would have been our sixtieth year together. Two travels I remember with much happiness were to Greece and Australia. My husband Norton had traveled all over the world since childhood. His family lived in the Philippines and China, his father being a Navy Surgeon. |