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Raymond Dennis Harquail ’71 is the founding chief of the city’s Building Inspector and Plan Examiner Training Academy.

Alumnus Used Tech Ed to Build Multiple Careers

If you live in New York City, Raymond Dennis Harquail ’71 might have something to do with where you live.

Video: Torchlight Ceremony speaker Yvonne Spicer ’84 M ’85

Video: Torchlight Ceremony speaker Yvonne Spicer ’84 M ’85

Kenvyn Richards '53

Faculty Hall of Fame: Dr. Kenvyn Richards ’53

“I can’t imagine a curriculum that would prepare me for life as well as the Industrial Arts program at Oswego from 1950 to 1953,” says Kenvyn Richards ’53. “I learned so much that was practical and it has served me well for the last 60 years.” It served him so well, that he made it his life’s work, first teaching in the public schools in the Middleburgh School District and later as professor of industrial arts, now called technology education, at his alma mater.

Donald ’62 and Linda Mykland Blauvelt ’61 returned to campus for Reunion 2011 and made a Sesquicentennial bequest, naming Oswego in their will.

Grateful Teachers Pass Along Oswego Education to Future Generations

For Donald ’62 and Linda Mykland Blauvelt ’61, Oswego is a special place. It’s where they met and fell in love, prepared for a fulfilling career in education and met professors and friends they still remember fondly half a century later.

No. 135 – Transportation Lab

No. 135 – Transportation Lab

Who isn’t fascinated by planes, boats and automobiles? But did you know that Oswego has its own lab for learning about how they work?

Faculty Hall of Fame: Charles Phallen

Faculty Hall of Fame: Charles Phallen

Anzio Beach, Monte Cassino, Normandy: To most, these are names from a map or history book. To Charles Phallen, emeritus professor of technology education, they are places he served valiantly in World War II and visits now, at age 94, to receive honors from a grateful populace or pay  respects at the graves of fallen comrades.

Class of 1945 as seniors.

Oswego Goes to War

They’ve been called “The Greatest Generation.” When duty called, they put their lives on hold to defend freedom across the world. They are the wartime classes and they are a very special part of Oswego’s history.