- Date Of Birth: October 17, 1937
- Date Of Death: October 5, 2012
- State: Massachusetts
Arthur W.
Mr. Holmes was born in Natick, a son of the late Arthur W. and Nellie (Reid) Holmes, and had lived in Mendon for 25 years. A graduate of Northeastern University, where he was in ROTC, he served briefly on active duty with the Army in Fort Monmouth, NJ. He worked in engineering management at IBM from 1960 to 1986 and then at Data General until retiring in 1991. While at IBM in Hudson Valley, NY in the 1970s, he developed the computer micro-chip.
He was an avid ham radio operator W1RZF since he was a teenager, as was his father, and whose call he adopted. He was a member of ARRL and many other ham radio associations. Very active in Mendon town government, he had served on the Board of Selectmen, Finance Committee, Nipmuc School Building Committee, and as Town Moderator. He was also active in the United Parish of Upton and enjoyed playing bridge at the Mendon Senior Center.
Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m.
