Stay Tuned to This Space for Reunion Details!
How to Post Your Reunion Announcement
VIEW ALL REUNIONS

Class News

Today's Featured Biography

 
Bob Whitcomb

BA, University of Pennsylvania, 1969
MBA, Loyola University, 1980

I’ve succeeded in a variety of positions with multiple employers, including RCA, Arthur Young, CSX, Parcel Plus, and Arc Water Treatment. This career began in data processing (now called IT), as a Systems Analyst with RCA, Manager at Arthur Young, and transitioned to EDP auditing at CSX. The CSX career grew through to managing various accounting departments, and finally managing the data processing center (back then it was 4 floors full of mainframes, massively larger but less powerful than PC’s).

I then transitioned to small company management, eventually owning a Parcel Plus franchise location in Arlington, VA. Having developed an expertise in helping people start their own businesses, I transitioned to being Controller for a 25-person water treatment company where I wore the several hats of IT, human resources, accountant, safety, office management, and general trouble-solver.

On top of a daytime career, I’ve volunteered extensively with local non-profits, and even created a County-wide lobbying group. While leading the Anne Arundel Waterway Restoration Alliance, I also served as President of the Severn River Association, and as Treasurer of Books for International Goodwill, plus being an active Rotarian and with local Riverkeeper organizations. Although these responsibilities have recently reduced, I continue to lead the largest volunteer oyster growing program on the Chesapeake Bay.

My wife and I moved to Annapolis in late 1977 because it was centrally located between my job in Baltimore and her business in Alexandria. But we really moved here for access to the water so we could keep a boat nearby! We’ve had a sailboat in our community marina now for over 35 years, and just bought a bigger one to sail along the eastern coast from Maine to Florida.

We both retired last year, and have been planning our long distance cruising ever since. Prior sailboats included a 29’ Cal and a 38’ Freedom, that took us sailing all over the Chesapeake Bay. We acquired a 43’ Tartan to carry us into retirement with more comfort and the instrumentation to safely navigate the coastal waters of the Eastern US and Bahama’s. We’re leaving within a week after this reunion, and in combination with other trips, hope to spend the next few years seeing the world.

VIEW ALL BIOGRAPHIES

U.S. Armed Forces

Class Poll

Featured Links

Visit Other Classes