Walter Post

Post, Walter
RENSSELAER - Walter Hitchcock Post of Rensselaer, who was a true polymath, passed away Saturday, February 22, 2025, at home.
Born and raised on Long Island, he spent summers in his family's cottage in Andes, N.Y., exploring the woods and mountains of the Catskills.
He excelled in school, always taking the advanced classes. He was a voracious reader of mostly non-fiction ranging from science to ancient and current history and everything in between. He was a ham radio enthusiast and builder of such devices. He and childhood friend, Michael Verni, spent hours late at night sending messages first in Morse code and later by microphone out over the horizon connecting with people in far off lands. He was a motorcycle owner and spent time riding and camping up and down the east coast with his good friend, William Kelsey. His work was in the New York Department of Social Services, where he played a major role in the evolution of the computerization of data management of that vast agency over the three plus decades of his work there.
He was a loyal friend as well to Greg Gallina and Doug Upham, always ready to listen and rather than give advice, help a friend tease out the various aspects of a problem they might be struggling with. He savored fast cars, pickup trucks and road trips and had a bit of heavy foot on the pedal. He was the kind of friend one holds on to for life. He will be missed.
Contributions in Walter's name can be made to The Nature Conservancy:
Attn: Treasury
4245 N. Fairfax Dr.,
Ste. 100
Arlington, Va. 22203,
U.S.A.