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KWASKY, Albert. (Manistee, MI- ). President/ CEO-Pillsbury and Martignoni, Inc. Kwasky remains one of Dubuque's most entertaining historians. His books ''The Old Lady in Dubuque, The Old Lady in Dubuque's Other Son-The Odd One, and The Old Lady in Dubuque's Town'' stand as some of the best first-person accounts of life in Dubuque | KWASKY, Albert. (Manistee, MI- ). President/ CEO-Pillsbury and Martignoni, Inc. Kwasky remains one of Dubuque's most entertaining historians. His books ''The Old Lady in Dubuque, The Old Lady in Dubuque's Other Son-The Odd One, and The Old Lady in Dubuque's Town'' stand as some of the best first-person accounts of life in Dubuque. | ||
A graduate of [[COLUMBIA COLLEGE]], Kwasky studied electronics at Stanford University and the University of California. In 1947 he began his career in marine engineering. His | A graduate of [[COLUMBIA COLLEGE]], Kwasky studied electronics at Stanford University and the University of California. In 1947 he began his career in marine engineering. His position with Pillsbury and Martignoni, founded in San Francisco in 1901, placed him at the head of one of the United State's premier naval architectural consulting firms. Kawsky served the United States Navy as a technical editor of its electronic systems manuals. He was the engineering editor of the ''Electronics Systems Manual'' for the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Oriskany and the destroyer U.S.S. Hancock. | ||
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KWASKY, Albert. (Manistee, MI- ). President/ CEO-Pillsbury and Martignoni, Inc. Kwasky remains one of Dubuque's most entertaining historians. His books The Old Lady in Dubuque, The Old Lady in Dubuque's Other Son-The Odd One, and The Old Lady in Dubuque's Town stand as some of the best first-person accounts of life in Dubuque.
A graduate of COLUMBIA COLLEGE, Kwasky studied electronics at Stanford University and the University of California. In 1947 he began his career in marine engineering. His position with Pillsbury and Martignoni, founded in San Francisco in 1901, placed him at the head of one of the United State's premier naval architectural consulting firms. Kawsky served the United States Navy as a technical editor of its electronic systems manuals. He was the engineering editor of the Electronics Systems Manual for the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Oriskany and the destroyer U.S.S. Hancock.