Theodore Lane Jansen

I worked with Ted in the Intalco Engineering/Drafting Dept. from 1974 until he retired. He was a soft-spoken, ultra-professional design draftsman. He had a great sense of humor and was as steady as a rock when it came to the chaos that project design and execution sometimes became. I have looked at literally thousands and thousands of blueprints in my career, and bar-none, Ted was the best draftsman I have ever seen. His hand (pencil) drawings came alive. You really didn't have to study them...

For many years Gary Richbaw and I had a carpool.Ted joined, and we picked him up at his house, and the rest of the gang met at Sunset Center. Ted was one of the good guys, and we enjoyed our travelling days to Intalco. Some of our carpool friends who are still with us are John Giarde, Walt Hardy, Roy Harmon, and Eula Dailey. I met Nettie almost every day for many years on our trail. She was in charge, and took pride in keeping the trail in order. While working at Manor Lanes, I got to know...