“The growth of computer technology is moving faster than our ability to keep up,” says BRCS Webmaster Jerry Bartzoff. “ BRCS SIGS are educating our members. The need to develop more knowledgeable tutors to help our members keep up is imperative.”

Computing entered Jerry’s life in 1959. He used IBM punch cards in his personnel recruitment business. IBM put him through a training course in those days, which provided him with a thorough grounding, and knowledge of the inner workings of computers and in 1984, DOS.

During his retirement years he has completed many on-line training courses, gaining expertise in Paint Shop Pro, MS Word, Excel, Front Page, Digital Photography and HTML. He also serves as Webmaster for the Gleneagles Computer Club, and occasionally fills in at the BRCS Paint Shop Pro SIG and Q & A. When he’s not busy at his computer, and generously donating his time to help others with their computer problems, he and wife Dolores enjoy golf and bridge.

After enlisting in the Navy in 1944, Jerry returned to his home in Brookline, MA. in 1946, completing his higher education and earning a B.A. in Communications at Boston University. During that time and for the next ten years he worked as a broadcast engineer at local Boston radio stations and the CBS outlet, WEEI.

In 1949 Jerry married Dolores. First born daughter Judi arrived. She has stayed close by residing in West Boca. A few years later their son Bob was born and now lives in Newport Beach, CA. Raising his family is Jerry’s proudest accomplishment. Watching Judi’s two sons, Matthew 23, and Zachary 20 grow up; being able to nurture and coach his grandsons’ interest in golf and computers has provided Jerry with great pleasure. His one major regret: Not attending Carnegie Tech and becoming an architect.

The entrepreneurial urge took over in 1956. He bought and opened an employment agency franchise, growing it to eleven branches, and partnered in a total of fifty-six branches throughout the northeast extending as far west as Indiana. Jerry, 5’ 10” and weighing a trim 172 pounds, served as President of the National Employment Association in 1973. In 1980, Jerry and his brother left the franchise umbrella and established their own chain of recruiting services as Barclay Personnel Systems, Inc., until retiring in 1990.

Dolores and Jerry supervised construction of the first vacation home ever built on Loon Mountain in Lincoln, N. H. —their very own in 1969. Loon became a popular ski resort area, developed by Sherman Adams, former Governor of N. H. and Chief of Staff to President Eisenhower. Gov. Adams asked Jerry to become a member of the Loon Mt. Recreation Corp. Board of Directors, a post Jerry remained active in for twenty-four years, participating in developing this ski and recreation area into a $17 million per year enterprise.

The most influential person in his life was his Father—a charismatic, successful advertising executive and entrepreneur. Jerry has tried to mellow by learning to be more patient than he was in his younger days. He admires people who are goal and result-oriented and have respect for the feelings of others.

JANUARY 2004