//This was in today's ARRL Letter.
Milton A. Sullivan Jr, ex-K8YDO, Former Chief Engineer at R. L. Drake
(SK)Milton A. "Buddy" Sullivan Jr, ex-K8YDO, of Washington, DC -- the
former chief engineer at the R. L. Drake Company
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._L._Drake_Company> -- passed away from a
stroke on October 28. He was 85. Sullivan designed and oversaw the
designs of all the most significant Drake Amateur Radio products,
including the 1A, 2B and 2NT transmitter, all the 4 lines and the
beginning of the 7 line. After retiring from Drake in 1984, Sullivan ran
his own business selling and setting up satellite television systems, an
offshoot of his later projects at Drake that involved designing
satellite equipment. After that, he went back to work full time as chief
engineer for Lytton Electronics, where he worked until his final
retirement in 1990. In 1993, he and his wife Judith moved to South
Carolina where Sullivan worked for Alpha Delta, the small company owned
by his former Drake colleague and long time friend, Don Tyrrell, W8AD.
Sullivan donated his body to science. A US Navy veteran, he will be
interred at Arlington National Cemetery after a term with the Georgetown
University Medical School. -- /Thanks to John Sullivan and Don Tyrrell,
W8AD, for the information/
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I worked for Milt at R.L. Drake as a co-op EE student from Univ of
Cincinnati, and was working at a bench in the engineering lab when news
came over the radio that President Kennedy had been shot.
One correction/addition to the obit. In addition to designing the
products noted, Milt also designed the TR3, Drake's first transceiver,
and the beginning of their line of transmitting products. Bob Drake
established and ran the quality company, but Milt was the chief engineer.
Both were nice guys, and Milt was a fair boss. I never kept track of
him after leaving Drake, and wondered what he had done with the rest of
his life. From the obit, quite a lot. RIP, Milt.
73, Jim K9YC
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