Category: The Life of Doc Wick

As an alumni, the University of Maryland Medicine Bulletin published a short In Memoriam in the Summer 2020 bulletin, Volume 105, Number 1 on page 40 Read more

Published by The New York Times on April 3, 2020 WIECHETEK–Dr. Walter J. MD, MPH, died peacefully on Sunday, March 29th, 2020. Born in 1945 in Bayonne, NJ, he was the only son of Mary Ann (nee Skrzypczak) and Walter F. Wiechetek. He graduated from St. Peter’s Prep (1962), Seton Hall University (1966), University of… Read more

The book U.S. Spacesuits by Kenneth S. Thomas and Harold J. McMann provides an exhaustive review of spacesuits utilized in the US space program. Hamilton Standard is referenced many times in the book as a source of vital information. Dr Wiechetek, as medical director, is acknowledged on page xxviii in Acknowledgments. Read more

Read Dr Wick’s honoring of Norm Bailis (a fellow UTC employee) as and Air & Space Friend to the National Air and Space Museum (circa 2005) Read more

originally published in the Jersey Journal Print Edition Dr Wiechetek was involved in many local charities, including serving on the board of the local Lions club Thanks to the Bayonne Public Library Adult Services team! Read more

As President of the Medical Senate in United Technologies and Medical Director of Hamilton, Dr Wick was eligible to join the Aerospace Medical Association Online Reference: https://www.asma.org/asma/media/asma/pdf-journal/pdf%20news%202003/sept2003_news.pdf Read more

originally published in the Jersey Journal Print Edition “Essay winner” “Space Station Freedom Essay winner Jessica Bellia, second from left, accepts a U.S. Savings Bond from Dr. Walter Wiechetek, second from right, medical director of United Technologies-Hamilton Standard, as they are joined by Dr. Michael Wanko, Bayonne High School principal, and Annajane Fencik, astronomy teacher.”… Read more

originally published in the Jersey Journal Print Edition “A Bayonne resident who works for a company that designs and builds components for the space program has given Bayonne High School students a taste of how astronauts live and work 150 miles above the Earth. “Dr. Walter Wiechetek, medical director of Hamilton Standard-United Technologies, a Connecticut-based… Read more

Published in the University of Maryland School of Medicine Bulletin, Fall of 1983 “Walter Wiechetek, who is medical director at the Johnson Space Center (see note below), is credited with designing the patch worn on space suits of NASA astronauts. The patch was adapted from a Leonardo da Vinci sketch entitled, “The Dimensions of Man.”… Read more

originally published in the New York Times On one of his earliest assignments, post medical school, Doc Wick was noticed by the NY Times for his appointment to the Department Store Abraham & Strauss. Read more