WPI Hackers of the '70's

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"Back in the days of wooden computers and iron programmers..."
-Professor Norman Sondak

I want to have email addresses and Web page links to the hackers of WPI from the '70's, the golden age of WPI hacking (at least I like to think so). I only want links to folks who were at WPI between 1974 and 1978 (a span of about 10 years, really).

So you say that the logo isn't the right color? I scanned it right off my decsystem10 assembly language handbook, second edition, 1972, that I bought off Marc Ramsey for $5 way back when. You might prefer the KL color scheme, but when I was at WPI, we had the KA, so I'm sticking with the colors of the good old assembler handbook, which in those days, we all did associate with the 10.

If you send me your PPN, I'll add it in.

WPI Alumni can get alum.wpi.edu email addresses from the WPI Alumni Gateway. You can put up a web page there, and even get WPI to serve up your secondary DNS. The WPI Alum Gateway rocks, aej is my hero, he should be yours too.

Please send additions and corrections to mailto:trb@alum.wpi.edu

Do not send unsolicited mail to people on this list.

Due to an unfortunate incident of spam which can be traced to this list, I have removed the mailto: lines and the @'s too, in order to make it harder for miscreants to find or use these addresses. Sorry for any inconveniences that this has caused.

  1. Al (Nova) Corda - acorda at relay.nswc.navy.mil
  2. Al Johannesen [10,13] - aej at wpi.edu (web)
  3. Alan C. (ABrown, ACB) Brown [1000,7141] - browna at cna.org
  4. Alan Turniansky [1000,15117] - p018501b at pb.seflin.org
  5. Amancio Hasty - hasty at star-gate.com
  6. Ami Kaplan - amib at iname.com
  7. Amy Sue Chase - amysue1 at aol.com
  8. Andy (Tribble) Tannenbaum [1000,15074] - trb at alum.wpi.edu (web)
  9. Ann-Marie Robinson - amr at netphone.com
  10. Ben Thompson - brt at wpi.edu
  11. Bill Wright - bwright at wrightsoft.com (web)
  12. Bob (RJA) Avarbock [1000,17053] - rja at earthling.net
  13. Bob Sherburne - rws at engr.sgi.com
  14. Bruce MacWilliam - bmacwill at shore.net
  15. C. James Cook - jimcook at aol.com
  16. Carl Gerstle - gerstle at hydra.enet.dec.com
  17. Chris Johnson - cjohnson at tiac.net
  18. Craig (Ear) Laub - cblaub at prodigy.com
  19. Dave (Wookie) Bilkis [1000,25611] - wook at cinenet.net (web)
  20. Dave (Spaceman) Cairns - dave.cairns at mro.mts.dec.com
  21. Dave (Captain) Edgerton [1000,12134] - dave at edc.com
  22. Dave Galvin - dwgalvin at wpi.edu
  23. Dave Lounsbury - davel at osf.org (web)
  24. Dave Lyons - racerdave at net1plus.com
  25. David B. Kinder - david_kinder at ccm.intel.com
  26. David (DDA) D'Antonio [1000,17265] - dantonio at newsedge.com
  27. David (Grony) Emerson - emersondt at cooley.com (web)
  28. David Fox [1000,22727] - fox at alum.wpi.edu
  29. David Gewirtz - david at component-net.com
  30. David T. Wolff - dwolff at brooktrout.com
  31. David (DWass) Wasser - dwass at netscape.com (web)
  32. Dennis Laliberte - dpl at itd.ssb.com
  33. Diane Nakashian - nakashian.diane at adlittle.com
  34. Doug Knowles - dougknowles at alum.wpi.edu
  35. Don Mastrovito [1000,7672] - don at papercat.com
  36. Ed Menard - emenard at alum.wpi.edu
  37. Ed Prentice - egp at alum.wpi.edu
  38. Eric Hahn [1000,25610][10,46] - eric at hahnfamily.com (web)
  39. Fred Fisher - fred_fisher at ag3d.com
  40. Gary Davis - gdavis at loop.com
  41. Gary (Abe) Helmstetter [1000,7464] - gh at world.std.com (web)
  42. Geoff Matter - gmatter at aurum.com
  43. Geoff (Jeremy) White - geoffw at v-site.net (web)
  44. George Dainis [1000,17263] - gad at dainis.com (web)
  45. George Hill - ghill at zip2.com (web)
  46. Glenn Corwin [1000,22554] - glenn_corwin at mail.stil.scitex.com (web)
  47. Greg Scragg - scragg at cs.geneseo.edu (web)
  48. Gregory A. (Eh, GAS) Scott [1000,12675][10,33] - greg at scott.com (web)
  49. Gregory (G, GVW) Walsh [1000,10271][10,27] - gvw at pacbell.net
  50. Harley Privitera [1000,5455][10,26] - jhp at pobox.com (web)
  51. Howie Dickerman - howied at microsoft.com
  52. Jeff Deutsch [1000,22256] - jeff at deutsch.com (web)
  53. Jeff (Whisler) Gunter [1000,14352] - jgunter at adp-ebanking.com
  54. Jeff Semmel - jsemmel at remus.ultranet.com
  55. Jill Fabricant Meier [1000,22241] - jillm at ultranet.com (web)
  56. Jim Jackson - jjackson at wpi.edu
  57. Jim McCollum - jimmc at mogul.ultranet.com
  58. Jim (Junior Hacker) Mickol [1000,12477] [10,50] - jim.mickol at mail.dec.com
  59. Jim Reith [1000,20161] - reith at racores.com (web)
  60. John (JDR) DeRosa [1000,17302] - derosa at pop.nwnexus.com (web)
  61. John Griffin [1000,26265] - john at griffn.ne.mediaone.net
  62. John R. Grout [1000,25613] - john.grout at reasoning.com
  63. John M. (JMK) Kennedy - kennedyj at who.ch
  64. John Major - jmajor at delphi.com
  65. John Saunders [1000,20221] - john.saunders at digital.com
  66. Jon Montague - montague at star.enet.dec.com
  67. Karen Wright - kwright at xenergy.com
  68. Kent (Buck Rogers) Multer - kent at dallas.net
  69. Kim Mains - kim at mains.com (web)
  70. Laurie Trask Mann - lmann at city-net.com (web)
  71. Len (Tex, a co-star) Goldberg - len_goldberg at alum.wpi.edu
  72. Leslie Greenfield Lathrop - leslie at cognivis.com
  73. Linda McInnis - lindamc at world.std.com
  74. Marc (TGR) Ramsey [1000,6735] - ramsey at netcom.com (web)
  75. Mark Hecker [1000,17512] - mbh at ultranet.com
  76. Mark Pankoski [1000,23472] - mark at pankoski.com
  77. Matt Ward - matt at cs.wpi.edu (web)
  78. Megan (Marty) Gentry [1000,14321] - mbg at world.std.com (web)
  79. Michael (Boom Boom) Butler - mgb at mitre.org
  80. Michael D. (MDL) Lyons [1000,7646] - mdl at alum.wpi.edu
  81. Mike Jacobi - srubin at intellution.com
  82. Mike Kenniston [1000,14452] - msk at xnet.com (web)
  83. Norman Sondak - norman.sondak at sdsu.edu
  84. Paul (PC) Cantrell - paul at copters.com (web)
  85. Ralph Chapman - ralph.chapman at lucent.com
  86. Randy Blanchard [1000,17124] - blanchar at ma.ultranet.com
  87. Ric Haskins - haskins at star.enet.dec.com
  88. Rich Holmes - rsholmes at mailbox.syr.edu (web)
  89. Richard P. (RPM) Murray [10,30] - rpm at alum.wpi.edu
  90. Richard Rupp [10,35] - rrupp at desi.net
  91. Rick Sysko - wyrm at madriver.com
  92. Rita Tillson Vasak - rvasak at swbell.net
  93. Robert Rouse - rkrouse at aol.com
  94. Roger A. Donahue - roger at wpi.edu
  95. Ron (RTFH) Howard [10,55] - rhoward at accessbeyond.com
  96. Rory O'Connor - rjoconnor at aol.com
  97. Rose St. Martin Reith [1000,20272] - rreith at racores.com
  98. Scott McKay - swm at harlequin.com
  99. Scott Saftler - ssaftler at bsla.com
  100. Scott Shurr - face at tiac.net (web)
  101. Sharon Donahue - sdonahue at wpi.edu
  102. Stephen Uitti [1000,27111] - suitti at wwnet.net (web)
  103. Steve Alpert - sra at idx.com
  104. Steve (Cleve) Gregory - usoatsng at ibmmail.com
  105. Steve Kovner - skovner at world.std.com
  106. Thomas DeBellis [1000,25622] - thomas.debellis at citicorp.com
  107. Tom Fawcett - tom.fawcett at alum.wpi.edu
  108. Tony Camas - tony at bosauto.com (web)
  109. Tracy Taylor - tracy_taylor at bigfoot.com
  110. Wayne Noss - bostoncommunity at worldnet.att.net
  111. Wayne Pryor - wpryor at sirius.com
In the Summer of 1997, the WPI Journal alumni magazine wrote a couple of cool feature articles on AEJ and the Golden Age of Hacking at WPI.

Do you remember...

The WACCC hackers still gather together every Wednesday night for WACCC Night at some watering hole in the WPI area. To get on the WACCC Night mailing list, mail to waccc-night-request@wpi.edu (an AEJ alias). If you're dropping in on a WACCC Night from out of town, you might want to mail here too.

Where are they now? If you have email pointers to these folks, (or if you have your own additions) please let me know: Ray Betterini, anyone else?

Andrew Tannenbaum
trb@alum.wpi.edu
Brookline, MA, USA