A note from ”Young Dave”: “I am a second-generation industrial "cleaner", and there are now at least four generations of this business since its inception in the early 1900's. I never intended to follow in Dad's footsteps. I've a lot of people to thank for giving me a start down the path in industrial cleaning, including:
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Bill Getchy - my first "supervisor" other than Dad, during a summer internship in Youngstown. A hard-nosed, former army boxer, but with a warmth and caring underneath that leather exterior.
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Ken Lizzotte - "Kenny" was another of Dad's friends, and he gave me some stability in that first "leg" of my industrial career as a summer intern in Youngstown. Was a top-shelf industrial project manager, and was one of the first to break the mold of Dowell and leave the next to expand his career elsewhere. Inspirational.
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Chris Bloch - my first full-time employer after college. He challenged the traditional views of learning, and pushed a deeper understanding of the cause and effect so integral to the basics of engineering. I've since had the pleasure to work alongside Chris on a number of other projects since I started my consulting business.
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Ed Hoy - he helped start the research side of my industrial cleaning career, when researching subjects in industrial cleaning wasn't especially popular in our business.
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Jim Huling - I never really knew what Jim did when I was growing up, except he was a great next-door neighbor and close friends of Mom & Dad. Turns out he was a heck of an industrial project manager, working around the world with Dad and swapping stories.Wish I could have heard more of those stories now!
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Dad - a mentor; a hero; a comrade; a friend. I will always miss you.
Enclosed are a number of historial pieces associated with our Industrial Cleaning Business. I've collected quite a treasure of historical artifacts and documents related to this business, and I hope to continue presenting them here for all to enjoy.
