GEORGE CHABAK

A few years after graduation, I found myself in school learning how to build and repair main frame computers.  I then earned a Quality Engineer certification.  My job took me from upstate NY to North Carolina, and then back to PA to marry my high school sweetheart, Janis Daumer (NHS, class of 1965).  My QA Engineer rating put me in several interesting fields.  When I retired three years ago, I worked on armament timing devices for our military.  I found that field testing was the best part of the job!

I also wanted to follow my father in volunteering for the fire service.  After years of being a fire-fighter, I became the fire chief of our local department.  Together, Janis and I became certified Local Level Fire Instructors for the Commonwealth.  Ten years ago, we decided to let the young ones do the strenuous work, and retired from the department.

We are the proud parents of two children.  After graduation from NCC, our son, David, joined the U.S. Air Force as a fire fighter/rescue technician.  He married our “Texas Belle”, Marcia Ann.   He teaches Fire/Rescue/Safety classes in Midland, TX, where they live with our two “grand-pups”.  After college, our daughter, Amy Beth, moved back from Ohio.   She is currently working as an Inside Sales representative for Godiva Chocolatier, and is still hoping to find her soul-mate.