Marvin W BubieMarvin Bubie was born and raised in the Capital District, graduating from Averill Park High School and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He is retired from General Electric and has lived in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Georgia, and Virginia. In addition he spent eighteen months in Germany with the US Army, and has returned to Europe many times visiting Switzerland, Italy, Austria and Germany. Over the years he has collected the seals from various cities, towns, counties, boroughs, and villages in this country, as well as those in Europe. He has published two similar books, On the Trail of Henry Hudson and Our Dutch Heritage Through the Municipal Seals in New York, and Celebrating the American Revolution: Municipal Symbols of a Free Country, and is at work on another book of seals related to railroading heritage. Read More Read Less