Past Secretary John H. Swafford - W4HU Fogelsville, PA QCWA # 5851

John served for 6.5 years as the National QCWA Secretary. He was first licensed in 1940 and has held an extra class license since 1952. He began his communications career in 1941 with Northwest Airlines as a commercial CW operator - then served with AACS during 1942 and 1943.

He is a past president of Vic Clark Chapter 91 and the Department of State ARC. He is also a past Director of SOWP Chapter 10. John is a member of ARRL, VWOA, SOWP, OOTC, Radio Club of America, AFCEA and IEEE.

He was a broadcast engineer after WWII until 1951. He served with the US Army Signal Engr. Agency and Dept of State - Office of Communications until retirement. Swafford is a life member of ARRL and QCWA.

April 1, 1998