JOSEPH J. F. BINKOSKI (October 13, 1921 - May 19, 1991) served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army during World War II. A native of Shamokin, Pennsylvania, he graduated from Coal Township High S...voir plusJOSEPH J. F. BINKOSKI (October 13, 1921 - May 19, 1991) served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army during World War II. A native of Shamokin, Pennsylvania, he graduated from Coal Township High School in 1939. He received a bachelor’s degree from Loyola College and a master’s degree from George Washington University. In 1940 Lt. Binkoski began working at Westinghouse Electric Corp. in Sunbury, PA as a senior administrator and pricing analyst. Following the plant’s closure, he moved to the Baltimore-Washington International Airport plant in 1953, and remained with the company for more than 50 years. In 1984, he received a President’s Quality Achievement Award from Westinghouse and later a citation from the governor of Maryland for his service with the company. He received a battlefield commission and a presidential citation for his services during World War II, and a Purple Heart for his services in the Korean War. He passed away in Baltimore, Maryland in 1991, aged 69.
ARTHUR PLAUT (November 7, 1922 - November 30, 2006) served as a Private in the U.S. Army during World War II. He graduated from Walnut Hills High School and attended the University of Cincinnati until the outbreak of World War II. He served in the Army in the 29th Division, one of the armed forces’ most decorated battle units. Following an honorable discharge, he completed his college studies, graduating magna cum laude. He married Bette Ginsburg in 1948 and served in a variety of jobs in broadcasting and public relations throughout the 1950s and ‘60s. In 1964 he began his own advertising agency and served a wide variety of local and national clients. In 1967 he moved his family to San Diego after becoming a broadcasting executive with KSDO radio. In 1971 he became director of communications for United Way of San Diego County, an organization he remained with until his retirement in 1989. He passed away in Horsham, Pennsylvania in 2006, aged 84.voir moins