February 13, 1930 – January 11, 2002
Today is the 19th anniversary of the death of my Dad, Alfred P. Chernick.
My Dad was a tool and die maker and he worked at Republic Aviation in our early life on Long Island, NY. When that plant closed he moved to Grumman Aerospace around 1965.
My Dad could do anything – he could fix anything, or put anything together, he was a master photographer and he won several awards at that.
He rescued my 1962 Ford Falcon several times when I was in college, he reseated the valves in the flat six cylinder engine over Christmas Break one year. He towed it home from the Seaford Oyster Bay Expressway with a rope when the clutch gave out suddenly.
Professionally his major accomplishments were working on the Lunar Excursion Module – we knew exactly how the US Team was going to get to the moon, land on it, take off and return to earth… we knew how it was going to work before they showed it on TV because he explained it to us.
He also worked on the to secret Stealth Bomber as well as many other important projects of the time.
He truly could do anything.
We lost him in early 2002 due to Alzheimer’s Disease and we have been walking as a family team in his memory and to help raise funds for the care and cure of this disease.
An incredible man and model for all of us, children, grandchildren and great grandchildren.
❤️❤️❤️❤️