Com People

Michigan State Police Communications Civilians

The following pictures are civilians that were employed under the Communication Division of the MSP up until October 2002 when all personnel were transferred into the Department of Information and Technologies. In some cases you will find amateur radio call signs behind names. PA indicates passed away. Under some of the pictures you will find a link to more information, example: ( Radio Technician )

Chief Engineers & Assistant Chiefs over Communication Personnel


Elmer J. Immel PA Employed Aug 16, 1933 Chief Engineer 1936-1941	Frank Walker PA Employed Nov 4, 1936 Chief Engineer 1941-1945	Kenneth Fortman Employed Apr 7, 1941 Chief Engineer 1945-1946	James T. Ryder Employed Jan 19, 1942 Chief Engineer 1948-1951


R. James Evans PA Employed May 9, 1938 Chief Engineer 1951-1972	David H. Held N8CFM Employed Dec 1957 Deputy Director 1972-1997	Harry Warner KE8DN Employed Apr 1, 1963 Assistant Division Director 1997-2002


	George W. Dodge PA Employed Dec 15, 1937 Assistant Chief 19xx-1976	Gerald E. Young K8GWW Employed Feb 3, 1957 Assistant Chief 1976-1984


John W. Wilson W8TCD PA Employed Aug 7, 1937 Radio Technician	Walter C. Mayer W8CVU PA Employed Nov 1, 1937 Radio Technician	Floyd E. Castelein PA Employed May 10, 1938 Radio Technician	Sevetus L. Gladfelter W8RKD PA Employed May 10, 1938 Radio Technician


Fred Blink Employed Nov 20, 1939 Radio Technician	Aubrey N. Doucette PA Employed Sep 20, 1941 Radio Technician	Stacy W. Thompson PA Employed Mar 17, 1942 Radio Technician	Walter L. Scharmen K8VIZ PA Employed May 28, 1942 Radio Technician


Roy Anderson W8WNT PA Employed (Not Known) Radio Technician	Myron A. Bishop Employed July 19, 1945 Radio Technician	Winton R. Ross PA Employed Oct 1, 1945 Steeplejack	Barney B. Hunt PA Employed Feb 7, 1949 Radio Technician


Roy H. Starr Employed Jan 29, 1950 Steeplejack	John A. Decatur Employed Jun 18, 1950 Radio Technician	Lloyd R. Schoeppach Employed Oct 2, 1950 Radio Technician	Elden E. Dutcher PA Employed Oct 6, 1950 Radio Technician


Paul L. Calvert PA Employed Aug 12, 1951 Radio Technician	Lucille R. Gendron PA Employed Dec 7, 1953 Stenographer	Charles St. Pierre PA Employed Apr 17. 1955 Radio Technician	Stanley C. Folstad PA Employed Sep 4 1955 Radio Technician


Robert D. Gabbard WB8ZRY Employed Oct 1, 1959 Radio Technician	Sheila K. Miller Employed Apr 4, 1960 Department Analyst	Dale N. White PA Employed Feb 9, 1964 Steeplejack	Richard I. Hayman PA Employed Dec 12, 1965 Radio Technician


Paul F. List AB8LX Employed Apr 20, 1970 Radio Technician	Frederick P. Skalski WB8YXI Employed Apr 20, 1970 Radio Technician	Norm Karlberg W8BCL Employed Oct 22, 1970 Radio Technician	Paul W. Manthei Employed Oct 22, 1970 Radio Technician


Al Blankenship ex-WD8RUB Employed May 9, 1971 Radio Technician	Gary M. Maher Employed Sep 9, 1972 Departmental Manager	Jack Hengartner K8UKC PA Employed Nov 18, 1973 Radio Technician	Terry Osborn K8SMC Employed Dec 10, 1973 Radio Technician


Myron F. Dunn Employed Apr 1, 1974 Steeplejack	Fred W. Hiles W8QDP Employed Apr 21, 1974 Radio Technician	Robert L. Chase Employed Jul 14, 1974 Radio Install	Howard Davis Employed Sept 3, 1974 Radio Technician


Pat Nummer/Kelley Employed Sep 22, 1974	Gary L. Ingersoll WB8ICU Employed Sep 30, 1974 Radio Technician	Kathy Jury/Baker Employed Jan 12, 1975 Secretary	Terrance J. Barr Employed Jan 26, 1975 Radio Technician


Keith Sevener WB8OUT Employed Feb 22, 1976 Radio Technician	Joseph Krett PA Employed Jun 13, 1976 Radio Technician	David W. Doty Employed Jul 25, 1976 Radio Technician	Roy E. Tossava Employed Nov 28, 1976 Radio Technician


Robert W. Handy K8JBJ PA Employed Feb 20, 1977 Radio Technician	Linda Villarreal Employed Feb 26, 1977 Typist	Mary Sue Raycraft PA Employed Apr 3, 1977 Secretary	Jackie L. Shell Employed Jul 10, 1977 Radio Technician


Edward J. Kuprel PA Employed Oct 16, 1977 Radio Technician	Leo Hepner W8LSX Employed Dec 12, 1977 Radio Technician	David E. Hall Employed Apr 16, 1978 Radio Technician	Theron R. Shinew Employed Dec 20, 1981 Steeplejack


Thaddeus C. Stopczynski Employed Jan 16, 1983 Telcom	Dean H. Hill Employed Apr 10, 1983 Radio Technician	James Brunk Employed Nov 18, 1984 Radio Technician	Clare L. Roth PA Employed Nov 2, 1986 Radio Technician


John A. Warner Employed Nov 30, 1986 Radio Technician	Mike Waltz Employed Jul 24, 1988 Radio Technician	Joseph C. Zerlaut Employed Oct 10, 1989 Steeplejack	Roxann J. Mills Employed Oct 15, 1989 Analyst


Steve Goodman Employed Jan 16, 1990 Radio Technician	Cindy Fuller Employed Apr 1, 1991 Dept Analyst	Charles Smith KG8UG Employed Nov 6, 1994 Radio Technician	David Hayhurst K8QH Employed Jan 2, 1995 NCC Manager


Rich Melbow Employed Feb 2 1, 1995 Radio Technician	Rick Lewis Employed Aug 1, 1995 Radio Technician	Del Rajala Employed Mar 10, 1996 Radio Technician	Dave Muter Employed Aug 11, 1996 Radio Technician


Eric VanCamp Employed Aug 11, 1996 Radio Technician	Klay Watson Employed Aug 11, 1996 Radio Technician	Donald Schmeltzer Employed Aug 12, 1996 Radio Technician	Tommy Thompson Employed Aug 25, 1996 Radio Technician


Joseph Krenke Employed Aug 28, 1996 Radio Technician	Marcia Boone Employed Sep 8, 1996 Radio Technician	Anne Phillips Employed Oct 20, 1996 NCC Manager	Rich Rybicki Employed Nov 17, 1997 Radio Technician


Dennis Fountain Employed Sep 7, 1997 Radio Technician	Mary Lavine Employed Oct 5, 1997 Property Manager	Mike McCarty Employed Oct 5, 1997 Radio Technician	Daniel Robinson Employed Oct 5, 1997 Radio Technician


Gary Laysell Employed Oct 5, 1997 Radio Technician	Patrick Kenealy Employed Jan 25, 1998 Engineer	Bradly Stoddard Employed Feb 22, 1998 Engineer	Joel Withun Employed Jul 26, 1998 Radio Technician


Brent Sovjak KD8CBZ Employed Nov 15, 1998 Radio Technician	Curtis Benjamin K8AI Employed Sept 19, 1999 Radio Technician	Darren Robinson Employed Feb 20, 2000 Steeplejack	Jason Weidman Employed Mar 5, 2000 Radio Technician


	David McKinnon Employed Sep 19, 2000 Radio Technician	Nickolas Hardin Employed Dec 10, 2000 Steeplejack

Looking for pictures of the following people that we know had a part in Radio Communications History, last name first. If you worked for MSP Communications as Radio Technician, Steeple Jack or Secretary, please send us your picture and bio.

Aldrich, Vickie (Secretary)
Aprill, Brian (Steeplejack - Gaylord) (Sep 20, 1998)
Bell, Eric (Steeplejack) (Jun 29, 1997)
Betzer, Steven (Tech NCC) (Dec 29, 2000)
Blue, Doug (Tech - Negaunee) (Jun 13, 1976) PA
Cilia, Joseph (Tech - Northville) (Aug 11, 1996
Cotton, Christopher (MSU Student - Office) (Aug 12, 1999)
Cross, Arron (Tech - Northville) (Feb 18, 1979)
Cuttle, Scott (Steeplejack) (Jan 25, 1998)
Dawson, Norman (Tech NCC) (Feb 4, 2001)
DeCamp, Greg (Accountant) (Oct 24, 1993)
Downs, Nancy (Property Analyst) (Jan 11, 1995)
Eichenberg, Albert E. (Engineer)
Evans, Kathyrn (Accountant) (Oct 4, 1998)
Evans, Thomas (Manager) (Jun 6, 1991)
Fiero, Laure (Accountant) (Dec 11, 1998)
Fitzpatrick, Daniel (Steeplejack) (Dec 10, 2000)
Gillis, Marty (Tech - NCC) (Oct 10, 1993)
Gordon, Laura (Secretary) (Oct 31, 1999)
Hepfer, James (Tech - NCC) (Nov 17, 1996)
Hoag, Russ (Storekeeper - Field SVC) (Jan 29, 1997)
Jewell, Donald (Tech - Detroit) (May 12, 1941) PA
Johnston, Lawrence (Tech - NCC) (Feb 6, 2001)
Johnston, Randall (Tech - Gaylord) (Apr 2, 2000) PA

Kluytman, Julie (Telephone Installer) (Jul 16, 1998)
Leach, Gerald (Engineer) (Jan 25, 1998)
Leaming, Stephen (Tech - NCC) (Aug 11, 2000)
Maxwell, John (Steeplejack) (Jun 29, 1997)
Miller, James (Tech - Northville) (May 14, 1978)
Mills, Roxann (Analyst) (Oct 15, 1989)
Mote, Sue (Secretary) (Apr 11, 1993)
Nichols, Ray (Tech - Detroit) (Oct 4, 1937) PA
Nowakowski, Alexander (Engineer) (Jan 21, 2001)
Nummer, Jerry (Tech) (Oct 6, 1997)
Olney, Charles (Property Analyst) (Oct 19, 1997)
Page, Grey (Tech - Bay City) (Aug 12, 1996)
Rindels, Dana (Steeplejack - Negaunee) (May 30, 1999)
Ring, Todd (Tech) (Oct 5, 1997)
Sandberg, Mark (Engineer) (Jan 30, 2001)
Schell, Glenn (Tech NCC) (Mar 5, 2000) PA
Spencer, Jeff (Engineer) (Jan 25, 1998)
Spencer, Terry (Tech - Negaunee) (May 30, 1976)
Velderman, Todd (Tech - Lansing) (Oct 5, 1997)
Waltz, Elaine (Secretary) (Feb 10, 1970)
Webber, Randall (Tech - Negaunee) (Sep 19, 1999)
Wells, Robert (Tech - Detroit) (Jul 4, 1982)
Werner, James (Tech - Rockford) (Sep 26, 1993)
Zilch, Shonda (Secretary) (Mar 30, 1998)