William GorskiMy father and his parents migrated to the United States from Russia during the reign of the Romanovs during the Bolshevik revolution. My mother's parents left Ukraine for Canada at roughly the same time. The two met in a chance encounter during WorldWar II and married. I was born in Grand Rapids Michigan shortly after the war. In high School, I played drums in a Michigan Rock Band called The JuJus, (More about that on Wikipedia) and produced a record You Treated Me Bad, which made the top-ten (WLAV) for eleven weeks; reaching the #2 position on the charts, surpassed only by the mega-hit single Yesterday by the Beatles. I Graduated in the top 10% of my class at Muskegon Business College (now Baker College) with a 4.0 GPA, Graduating Summa-Cum-Laude, on the Dean's List every quarter. Top 1/3 of Class at Aquinas College. Received the Army Commendation Medal during my service in Viet-Nam for Bravery and Outstanding Performance against a Hostile Force. 1st Cav Air-Mobile 1968. Owned and operated MicroScribe, a Court Reporting agency, considered by many to be the premier Court Reporting firm in Western Michigan. Industrial Refrigeration Sales & Marketing brought me to Pittsburgh in 2005... During that time, I became an avid Steelers fan. Then, on to Columbus Ohio and a transfer to my own office in Akron. A past member of the iiar, I've worked within the Industrial Refrigeration Industry for 47 years, starting as a Chief Operating Engineer; eventually working into a Sales & Marketing position. I have written a version of an OSHA Mechanical Integrity Inspection and created an annual Operational Audit, both still in use throughout the industry today. Also, I wrote and published a myriad of refrigeration related articles, which have been downloaded from my Linked-In page by other engineers and used as supplemental training material. Travels to Eastern Europe include Warsaw, Uman, Delgorod-Dnestrovski, Nikolayev and lived shortly in Odessa, Ukraine near Shevchenko Park. Enjoy sailing and have been a former Junior Yachtsmen Board Member of the Muskegon Yacht Club and involved in many church activities as-well-as Writing a Book. Read More Read Less