LittleSis: Roland Schmitt

Roland Schmitt, a General Electric physicist who helped the company dominate the MRI market and later became president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, died Friday March 31 2017afternoon in Scotia at the age of 93. A native of Seguin, Texas, Schmitt graduated from the University of Texas with a degree in physics and mathematics and received his master's degree in physics in 1948, also from the University of Texas. After earning his doctorate in physics at Rice University in 1951, he joined General Electric as a research associate and became Chief Technology Officer at what is now GE Global Research, a role he held from 1978-86. After moving to the Schenectady area, Schmitt lived on Cedar Lane in Glenville and then on Riverview Road in Rexford. He had most recently been living at Coburg Village in Rexford with his wife, Claire. His oldest son, Larry, who lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan, said he and his three siblings have many happy memories of hiking in the Adirondacks and boating on Lake George with their father. Along with his oldest son and wife, Schmitt is survived by sons Bryan (Colorado Springs) and Henry (Pittsburgh), and a daughter, Alice Burnham (Salem, Oregon).

Donor	Common Recipients
Morris Massry	Michael Robert McNulty, Chuck Schumer, John E Sweeney, Al D’Amato, National Republican Senatorial Committee, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, Jim Tedisco
Peter S Kalikow	Chuck Schumer, Sherwood Louis Boehlert, John E Sweeney, Al D’Amato, National Republican Senatorial Committee, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, Jim Tedisco
Shawn Smeallie	Chuck Schumer, Sherwood Louis Boehlert, John E Sweeney, Al D’Amato, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Jim Tedisco, Gerald B H Solomon
John C Whitehead	Chuck Schumer, Sherwood Louis Boehlert, John E Sweeney, Al D’Amato, National Republican Senatorial Committee, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, Jim Tedisco
Leonard Litwin	Chuck Schumer, Sherwood Louis Boehlert, John E Sweeney, Al D’Amato, National Republican Senatorial Committee, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, Jim Tedisco
J Patrick Barrett	Chuck Schumer, Sherwood Louis Boehlert, John E Sweeney, Al D’Amato, National Republican Senatorial Committee, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee
David S Mack	Chuck Schumer, Sherwood Louis Boehlert, Al D’Amato, National Republican Senatorial Committee, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, Jim Tedisco
James R Houghton	Chuck Schumer, Sherwood Louis Boehlert, John E Sweeney, Al D’Amato, National Republican Senatorial Committee, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee
Douglas D Durst	Chuck Schumer, Sherwood Louis Boehlert, John E Sweeney, Al D’Amato, National Republican Senatorial Committee, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee
Dina Merrill	Chuck Schumer, Sherwood Louis Boehlert, John E Sweeney, Al D’Amato, National Republican Senatorial Committee, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee
Earle I Mack	Chuck Schumer, John E Sweeney, Al D’Amato, National Republican Senatorial Committee, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, Jim Tedisco
Frank E Richardson	Chuck Schumer, Sherwood Louis Boehlert, John E Sweeney, Al D’Amato, National Republican Senatorial Committee, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee
Edward P Swyer	Michael Robert McNulty, Chuck Schumer, John E Sweeney, Al D’Amato, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, Jim Tedisco
Jerry Speyer	Chuck Schumer, Sherwood Louis Boehlert, John E Sweeney, Al D’Amato, National Republican Senatorial Committee, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee
Jane Forbes Clark	Sherwood Louis Boehlert, John E Sweeney, Al D’Amato, National Republican Senatorial Committee, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, Jim Tedisco
Amory Houghton Jr	Chuck Schumer, Al D’Amato, National Republican Senatorial Committee, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, Marta Macias Brown, Jim Tedisco
Charles V Wait	Chuck Schumer, John E Sweeney, Al D’Amato, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, Jim Tedisco, Gerald B H Solomon
William Y Crowell III	Michael Robert McNulty, Chuck Schumer, John E Sweeney, Al D’Amato, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee
Anthony S Salerno	Chuck Schumer, John E Sweeney, Al D’Amato, National Republican Senatorial Committee, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee
Walter G Rich	Chuck Schumer, Sherwood Louis Boehlert, John E Sweeney, Al D’Amato, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee

Donor

Common Recipients

Morris Massry

Michael Robert McNulty, Chuck Schumer, John E Sweeney, Al D’Amato, National Republican Senatorial Committee, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, Jim Tedisco

Peter S Kalikow

Chuck Schumer, Sherwood Louis Boehlert, John E Sweeney, Al D’Amato, National Republican Senatorial Committee, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, Jim Tedisco

Shawn Smeallie

Chuck Schumer, Sherwood Louis Boehlert, John E Sweeney, Al D’Amato, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Jim Tedisco, Gerald B H Solomon

John C Whitehead

Chuck Schumer, Sherwood Louis Boehlert, John E Sweeney, Al D’Amato, National Republican Senatorial Committee, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, Jim Tedisco

Leonard Litwin

Chuck Schumer, Sherwood Louis Boehlert, John E Sweeney, Al D’Amato, National Republican Senatorial Committee, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, Jim Tedisco