Alumni
David E. Kite
- Allen Miller
- Angela Bailey
- Armin Mehrtens
- Bender McKinney, Jr.
- Bill Luetkenhaus
- Bill Waeltz
- Brent Deady
- Chad Wunsch
- Chris Lugge
- Dan Shymanski
- Darrell Williams
- Darren M. White
- David Byington
- David Chasnoff
- David E. Kite
- Dean Alinder
- Dennis Daugherty
- Dennis Newman
- Don Huster
- Dr. Martin J. Sommer
- Earl Walker
- Edward Boenker
- Eric Nelson
- Frank Bokan
- Frank Finley
- Fred Mertz
- Geoff Dugopolski
- George Schofield
- Gerald Kohnen
- Glen Wildermuth
- Herbert Williams
- Ian Lackey
- James "Jim" Kyle
- James (Jim) Hesse
- James Payne
- Jason Prichard
- Jerry Halley
- Joe Davis
- John Kohnen
- Kent Markus
- Kevin Haller
- Kirk Skaggs
- Larry Kelso
- Lee Patrick Janey
- Lynn Glatt
- Matt Kuemmel
- Michael Aaron Davenport
- Michael Spratt
- Mike Hecht
- Patrick Earl Taylor
- Peter Lewis
- Richard Podorski
- Rick Rajnoha
- Robert (Bob) Finley
- Robert A. Gau
- Robert Dunavan
- Robert Fish
- Robert Kramer, Sr.
- Robert Ruth
- Robert Smith
- Rolf Mitchel
- Ronald Johnson
- Ronald Ray
- Ronald Walls
- Russ Milkoski
- Scott Krone
- Stephen Devine
- Steven Bohnenkamp
- Thomas Huelsing
- Tom Gieseking
- Tom Wood
- Walter Hellebusch
- Walter Koessel
- Walter Pumfrey
- Walter Wildermuth
- Wilbur Jackson
- William Fennewald
- William Orrill
- William Rueckert
- William Wagner
- Winston Darrell Johnston, II
Electricity/Electronics, 1964
“Personnel with Mr. Kite’s training, knowledge, skills and experience are in short supply … The services of Mr. Kite are deemed essential to maintain our production rate.”
“Mr. Kite’s duties fall under the definition of Aircraft Assembly Mechanic, listed as a critical occupation by the Department of Labor. Personnel with Mr. Kite’s training, knowledge, skills and experience are in short supply … The services of Mr. Kite are deemed essential to maintain our production rate.”
Those words were written by Francis A. Ker, supervisor, personnel welfare at McDonnell Aircraft Corporation in 1967, to the U.S. Army requesting David Kite’s discharge from the Ready Reserve. Because of the training David received at Ranken Technical College, his skills and experience were and still are in high demand.
David earned a degree in electricity/electronics from Ranken in 1964. He started his career at McDonnell Aircraft Corp., now The Boeing Company, in 1963, as a utility worker. He served in the military from May to October 1964, before being rehired at McDonnell Aircraft.
David served as a sub-assembler precision at McDonnell Aircraft. In this position, he constructed various precision assemblies, performed operational checkouts and determined and corrected malfunctions, and repaired and rebuilt worn or damaged assemblies after operations check-out.
Kite used a variety of hand and power tools, as well as precision measuring instruments, to perform his work. Throughout his career, David not only used his skills and experience acquired at Ranken to perform a critical function, but also contributed to improving the operations of his employer, earning numerous certificate’s of appreciation for his skillful blending of imagination, experience and judgment.
