(Senlis?)

Jean Boulduc (1480) (?) Henri Boulduc (1485/86) / same as Henry Boulduc of 1507?

(?) Marie Boulduc (1506) (?) Lambert Boulduc (1522)

X Jean Malenvoge

Henry Boulduc (Boulleduc, 1556/57)

(b. circa 1500) Marie Boulduc Prisce Boulduc (b. before 1530)

X Marguerite Lobry (b. circa 1525 X Pierre Darras

Jacques Boulduc (?) Antoine Boulduc † after 1570) (Godmother of Katherine

(Godfather in 1557.) (Godfather in 1562.) X Henry Coquin Boulduc in 1560.)

in 1541

Henry Boulduc Jeanne Boulduc Symon Boulduc Charles Boulduc (b. 21 April 1545, † October 1590)

(b. circa 1539) (b. 11 August1541 (b. 19 April 1543, † between 28 August (Merchant in Paris in 1585, Innkeeper on Bourg-Labbé Street,

X Marie Roussel † after 23 June 1625) 1579 & 6 August 1595) (Merchant Draper.) Godfather of Charles Boulduc in 1585.)

X Loys Bruslé X Jacqueline de Bonnaire (b. 8 March 1548 X Marie de Verberie

(Godmother of † after 20 July 1599) (Godmother of Nicolas Boulduc in 1575.)

Symonne Boulduc (Daughter of Simon & Colette Fouques.)

in 1565.) (?)

Katherine Boulduc (b. 9 May 1560, † in 1583) Pierre Boulduc (b. 29 June 1562) Laurent Boulduc X(?) Marguerite Brutal

X Louis Dugast 15 July 1581 X Hélène Joye in 1589 (Merchant in the Palace of Paris, cousin of Loys Boulduc.)

(Godmother of Marguerite Boulduc in 1572.)

Symonne Boulduc Henry Boulduc Jacques Boulduc Loys Boulduc (b. 1 October 1570) Marguerite Boulduc

(b. 5 December 1565) (b. 31 October 1567) (b. 11 August 1569, (Merchant Grocer at the “Marché aux (b. 2 August 1572)

† 1574?) Poirées” [The White Market] in Paris.)

X Françoise Le Brun (m. 6 Aug 1595, Paris)

Jacques Boulduc Nicolas Boulduc Antoine Boulduc Jacqueline Boulduc Charles Boulduc Geneviève Boulduc

(b. 31 August 1574) (b. 23 September 1575) (b. 10 January 1577) (b. 30 January 1579) (b. 23 March 1585) (b. 23 January 1588)

X Marie Desnotz X(?) Marie Drouet

Yan J. Kevin Bolduc Family Tree

Ysambert Le Brun X Perette Conseil

(Bourgeois Merchant

in Paris.)

Loys Boulduc X Françoise Le Brun Guillaume Le Brun

(Bourgeois Merchant

in Paris.)

Geneviève Le Brun

Adam Pijart X Jacqueline Le Charon

(Goldsmith)

Marie Boulduc

1 X Jacques Parent

2 X Gilles Gond

Louis Boulduc

(Grocer)

Pierre Boulduc X Gillette Pijart

(Apothecary)

1607 - 14.05.1670

Claude Hubert X Isabelle Fontaine

(Attorney at the

Parliament of Paris.)

Pierre Boulduc

(Lieutenant at the

Maréchaussée.)

X Mrs Barbié

Louis Boulduc X Élisabeth Hubert

(King’s Procurator

Provostship of

Quebec.)

Simon Boulduc X Marie-Élisabeth

(Apothecary of the King, de Lestang

Member of the Royal

Academy of Sciences.)

1652 - 22.02.1729

Gilles Boulduc

(Augustinian

Monk.)

[Father ‘Amable’

Bosleduc?]

Jacques Boulduc

(Augustinian

Monk.)

[Father ‘Amable’

Bosleduc?]

Gilles-François Boulduc

(Apothecary of the King,

Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences.)

20.02.1675 - 17.01.1742

1 X Marie-Anne Alexandre, †1714.

2 X Edmée Catherine Millon

Simon-Charles Boulduc

(Canon at Lisieux.)

Marie-Élisabeth Boulduc X

Guy Érasme Emmerez

(Doctor at the Faculty of

Medicine of Paris.)

Marie-Madeleine Boulduc X

François Spire Chastelier

(Procurator at the Châtelet.)

Jean Boulduc

(Deceased very young)

Jean-François Boulduc

(First Apothecary of the King.)

20.02.1728 - 18.08.1769

(No Descendants)

Louis Boulduc X Élisabeth Hubert

m. 1668, Québec

Louis Bolduc

Born 10 July 1669, Beauport

& Louise Caron

m. 1697, Ste-Anne

Marie-Anne Boulduc

& Jean Marsolet

m. 1690, Québec

Louis Bolduc

Twin Brother of

Jacques, born 15

October 1672

Godfather: Frontenac

Jacques Bolduc

& Marie-Anne Racine

m. 1701, Ste-Anne

René Bolduc

& Marie-Anne Gravel

m. 1700, St-Joachim

Marie-Ursule Bolduc

& Henri Breault

m. 1692, Québec

Louise Bolduc

Godfather: Frontenac

Louise Bolduc

& Joseph

Poulin

m. 1718,

Beaupré

Louis Bolduc

& Marguerite

Poulin

m. 1725, St-

Joachim

Joseph Bolduc

& Thérèse

Poulin

m. 1727, St-

Joachim

Pierre Bolduc

& Marie-

Josette Leblond

m. 1728, Ste-

Famille

Jean Bolduc

& Thérèse Racine

m. 1733, Ste-

Anne

Marie-Anne Bolduc

& Jean-Baptiste

Racine

m. 1737, St-Joachim

Prisque Bolduc

& Marguerite

Boucher

m. 1738, St-Joachim

Paul Bolduc

& Marthe

Racine

m. 1738, Ste-

Anne

Marie-Françoise Bolduc

& Joseph Couture

m. 1743, Ste-Anne

Vital Bolduc Pierre Bolduc

& Élisabeth Cloutier

m. 1752, Château-Richer

Étienne Bolduc Thérèse Bolduc Anne Bolduc

& Jacques Philippe Bélanger

m. 1764, St-Vallier

Jean-Baptiste Bolduc

Pierre Bolduc

& Marie-Josette Corriveau

m. 1771, St-Michel

Marguerite Bolduc

& Charles Tanguay

m. 1781, St-Vallier

Jean-Baptiste Bolduc

& Thérèse Bernard

m. 1788, St-Vallier

Élisabeth Bolduc

Madeleine Bolduc

& Nicolas Roy

m. 1795, St-Vallier

Joseph Bolduc

& Marcelline (Dessaint) Saint-Pierre

m. 1826, St-Gervais

Pierre Bolduc

& Marie-Anne Richard

m. 1803, St-Michel

Étienne Bolduc

& Reine Lefèbvre-Boulanger

m. 1814, St-Michel

Jean-Baptiste Bolduc

& Angélique Rousseau

m. 1819, St-Gervais

Pierre Bolduc

& Luce

Fradet

m. 1828, St-

Gervais

Marie Bolduc

& François

Rouillard

m. 1831, St-

Gervais

François-Xavier

Bolduc

& Marguerite

Boutin

m. 1831, St-

Anselme

Antoine Bolduc

& Marguerite

Roby-

Sanschagrin

m. 1834, St-

Michel

Joseph Bolduc

& Angèle

Gosselin

m. 1835, St-

Charles

Édouard Bolduc

& Sophie

Langlois

m. 1839, St-

Vallier

Magloire Bolduc

& Louise Maheux

m. 1840,

Napierville (St-

Rémi)

Honoré Bolduc

& Marie Chabot

m. 1844, Ste-

Claire

Henriette Bolduc

& Simon

Tanguay

m. 1842, St-

Gervais

Julienne Bolduc

& Laurent

Morin

m. 1843, St-

Gervais

François Bolduc

& Marguerite

Godbout

m. 1854, St-

Lazare

Jean-Baptiste Bolduc

& Marguerite

Turgeon

m. 1862, Ste-Claire

Noël Bolduc

& Philomène Roy

m. 1864, St-

Elzéar

Louis Bolduc

& Virginie Ouellet

m. 1873, St-

Lambert

Ludger Bolduc

& Marie

Gosselin

m. 1869,

Lambton

Martin Bolduc

& Arthémise

Tanguay

m. 1874, St-

Gervais

Onésime Bolduc

& Elmire Audet-

Lapointe

m. 1869, St-

Romain-de-Winslow

Pierre Bolduc

& Élisabeth

Boulanger

m. 1853, Lambton

Antoine Bolduc

& Olivine Boulanger

m. 1870, St-Romain-

de-Winslow

Philomène Bolduc

& Ferdinand Turcotte

m. 1857, Lambton

Marie Bolduc

& Augustin Pouliot

m. 1858, Lambton

Luce Bolduc

& Jean Roy

m. 1859, Lambton

Marguerite Bolduc

& Nazaire Laperrière

m. 1864, Lambton

Délia Bolduc

& Pierre Boulanger

m. 1873, Lambton

François Bolduc

& Célina Bédard

m. 1874, Lambton

Romuald Bolduc

& Adéline Gosselin

m. 1880, St-Sébastien

Honoré Bolduc

& Adéline Gosselin

m. 1885, St-Samuel

Marie Bolduc

& Joseph Gagnon

m. 1883, Lambton

Narcisse Bolduc

& Virginie Provost

m. 1885, Lambton

Georges Bolduc

& Valentine Gosselin

m. 1890, St-Samuel

Joseph Bolduc

& Alvine Gosselin

m. 1890, St-Samuel

Ludger Bolduc

& Georgianna Tardif

m. 1891, Lambton

Virginie Bolduc

& Guillaume-

Ernest (Willy) Paré

m. 1908, St-

Samuel

Amédée Bolduc

& Alphonsine

Giguère

m. 1911, Ste-Cécile

de Frontenac

Alvine Bolduc

& Adolphe

Baillargeon

m. 1912, St-

Samuel

Napoléon Bolduc

& Alice Bureau

m. 1923, St-

Samuel

Ernest Bolduc

& Rose-Alma

Pinard

m. 1913, St-

Sébastien

Lydia Bolduc

& Stanislas

Gobeil

m. 1914, St-

Samuel

Florentine Bolduc

& Alphée Lacroix

m. 1918, St-Samuel

Wilfrid Bolduc

& Lucienne

Deslongchamps

m. 1921, St-Samuel

Josaphat Bolduc

& Fidélise Bilodeau

m. 1919, St-Samuel

Elmina Bolduc

& Auguste Lessard

m. 1921, St-Samuel

Odora Bolduc

& Valéda Bilodeau

m. 1925, St-Samuel

Henri-Louis Bolduc

& Emma Gobeil

m. 1924, St-Samuel

& Elmina Bélanger

m. 1953, Ste-Agnès

Bertrand Bolduc

& Lili Gagné

m. 1950, St-

Romain

Géralda Bolduc

& Joffre Fortin

m. 1956,

Québec

Florian Bolduc

& Ghislaine Gagné

m. 1950, St-Romain

Guy Bolduc Mireille Bolduc

& Patrice Vallière

m. 1960,

Thetford-Mines

Jean-Paul Bolduc

& Paulette Dufresne

m. 1960, Thetford-

Mines

Joseph Odora Réginald Bolduc

& Marie Laure Dorothy Roy

m. 6 June 1964, Cacouna

Gilles Bolduc

& Yvette Guay

m. 1967, Lac Mégantic

Purchases the Paternal Farm in

Lac Drolet (formerly St-Samuel)

Godfather of Yan Bolduc

Yan J. Kevin Bolduc

& Linda Lisa La Guardia

m. 24 April 1994, Abilene, Texas

Kyle Anthony Bolduc

Rachel Lynn Bolduc Mina Winter Bolduc

ANCÊTRES CÔTÉ PATERNEL DE DOROTHY (DODO) ROY

Olivier Roy dit Desjardins x Catherine Boderge

Maître Tonelier de St-Jean de Joigny,

Diocèse de Sens, Charlemagne Jean Major x Marguerite Le Pelé

de St-Thomas de Fouques,

Diocèse de Lisieux, Normandie

Antoine Roy dit Desjardins (†1684) x Marie Major (Fille du Roy, †1689)

Tonelier de St-Jean de Joigny, de St-Thomas de Fouques, Diocèse de Lisieux, Normandie

Diocèse de Sens, Charlemagne, & m. à Québec, 11 septembre 1668

Soldat du Régiment Carignan-Salière

Joachim Martin x Anne Petit

Pierre Roy dit Desjardins (fils unique) x Marie-Anne Martin

m. à St-Pierre, Isle d’Orléans, 12 février 1691

François Bouchard x Marie-Anne Valière

Pierre Roy dit Desjardins x Marie Bouchard

Capitaine de Milice m. à Rivière-Ouelle, 7 juin 1717

Toussaint Cordeau x Geneviève Michaud

Jean-Baptiste Roy dit Desjardins x Marie-Catherine Cordeau

m. à Kamouraska, 28 septembre 1761

Germain Ouellet x Marie-Françoise Miville

Jean-Baptiste Roy dit Desjardins x Marie-Josephte Ouellet

m. à Kamouraska, 15 novembre 1790

André Lévesque x Geneviève Michaud

Honoré Roy dit Desjardins x Angélique Lévesque

m. à Trois-Pistoles, 20 Juillet 1830

Joseph Paré x Emérance Moreau

Joseph Roy dit Desjardins x Philomène Paré (de St-Clément)

Rentier m. à St-Arsène, Témiscouata, 29 juillet 1857

François Roy dit Desjardins x Sophie Lebel (de Fall River, USA)

Napoléon Roy dit Desjardins x Marie-Louise Roy dit Desjardins (3e degré de consanguinité)

Propriétaire de Moulin à scie m. à St-Cyprien, Rivière-du-Loup, 23 janvier 1905

Joseph (Jos) Larouche x Marie Chartier

Joseph François Oscar Roy x Marie-Anna Larouche

m. à Cacouna, 1 juin 1938

Marie Laure Dorothy (Dodo) Roy x Joseph Odora Réginald Bolduc

m. à Cacouna, 6 juin 1964

Oscar Roy & Marie-Anna Larouche, Cacouna, 1 juin 1938.

(Source : http://canadianheadstones.com/qc/viewF.php?id=143503)

CURRICULUM VITAE

Name: BOLDUC

First Name: Réginald J.

Date of Birth: July 28, 1939

Place of Birth: Lac Drolet (Quebec) Canada

Sex: Male

Height: 5'8"

Weight: 155 pds.

Marital Status: Married June 6, 1964 to Dorothy Roy

One child: Yann J. Kevin, April 22, 1965

Citizenship: Canadian

Address (office) : Station de recherche

Agriculture Canada

2560, boul. Hochelaga

SAINTE-FOY (Québec)

GIV 2J3

Languages : French : Speak - write - read

English : Speak - write - read

Russian : Speak - write - read

German : Speak - write - read

Education

- 1956-60 : B.E.S.A., Sciences & Art, Laval University (Quebec) Canada

- 1960-64 : B.Sc.A., Agriculture Crop Sciences, Laval University (Quebec) Canada

- 1964-68 : Ph.D., Plant Physiology - Biochemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette,

Indiana, USA

- 1969 : Post-Doctoral Fellow, C.N.R.S., Phytotron, Gif/Yvette, France

- 1979 : Scientific Exchange USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow & National Research

Council of Canada

- 1980-83 : Research Associate, University of York, U.K.

Experience

- 1963 : Assistant-Agronomist, Agriculture Quebec

- 1964-1968 : Research Assistant, Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, Purdue

University, USA

- 1969 : Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Plant Tissue Culture, Phytotron,

C.N.R.S., France

- 1972-1979 : Direction of Committees, Quebec Ministry of Education, Quebec, Canada

- 1979 : Research Associate, K.A.T. Institute of Plant Physiology, USSR Academy

of Sciences, Moscow, USSR

- 1980-1983 : Research Associate, Electron Microscopy in Cryofracture of Plants,

Biology Dept., University of York, England, U.K.

- 1968-1989 : Assistant Professor, Plant Physiology of Crop Production, Laval

University, Quebec, Canada

- 1972-1989 : Research Scientist, Cold Adaptation Physiology and Histochemistry of

Plants, Agriculture Canada, Ste-Foy, Quebec, Canada

Scientific Associations

Ordre des agronomes du Québec, Agricultural Institute of Canada, Canadian Society of

Agronomy, Conseil des productions végétales du Québec, Society of Electron Microscopy

of Quebec, Canadian Society of Plant Physiology, International Association of Plant

Physiology, Federation of Biological Sciences of Canada, Association canadienne

française pour l'avancement des sciences, Sigma XI, Centre québécois de relations

internationales, Association for the Advancement of Science in Canada, Society for

Cryobiology.

Acknowledgements

- Research Fellowship, USSR Academy of Sciences and National Research Council, Canada,

1979-1980

- Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Ministry of Education, Quebec, 1969

- Research Scholarship, Purdue Un., Indiana, USA, 1964-1968

- Graduate Scholarship, Ministry of Education, Quebec, 1964-1968

- Graduate Scholarship, Ministry of Agriculture, Quebec, 1964-1968

Biographical Listings

- Marquis' Who's Who in Canada

- Marquis' Who's Who in the East, USA

- Men of Achievement, Cambridge, U.K.

- American Men and Women of Science, USA

Hobbies

Language studies, Music, Woodwork, Tennis, Badminton, Canoeing, Sailing, Camping,

Skiing.

Scientific Conferences

1) Bolduc, R. 1968. Rôle de I'AIA oxydase dans la vernalisation du blé d'hiver.

Séminaire, département de phytologie, Université Laval, (Québec)

Canada.

2) Bolduc, R. 1969. Influence de la glucose-6-phosphate dEhydrogEnase et de 1'auxine

oxydase sur la vernalisation du blé d'hiver. Séminaire, Phytotron,

C.N.R.S., Gif/Yvette, France.

3) Bolduc, R. 1971. Sucrose involved in cold hardening of winter wheat. Minnesota

State University.

4) Bolduc, R. 1971. Biochemical and histochemical study of cold hardening in winter

wheat. Annual Meeting, C.S.P.P., Toronto University.

5) Bolduc, R. et al. 1972. Effets des substances organo-halogénées sur la qualité

biologique des cours d'eau. Congrès annuel, ACFAS, Université

d'Ottawa.

6) Bolduc, R. 1972. Repair mechanism in chloroplasts after freezing damages. Annual

Meeting, ACFAS, University of Ottawa.

7) Bolduc, R. 1973. Action de la photosynthèse en fonction de la structure des

chloroplastes au cours de 1'endurcissement des plantes au froid.

Séminaire, Station de recherches CDA, Ste-Foy.

8) Bolduc, R. 1973. Ultrastructural changes in chloroplasts membranes initiated by

freezing and thawing. Annual Meeting, CSPP, University of Calgary.

9) Bolduc, R. 1974. Light and cold temperature interactions upon the ultra-structure

of chloroplasts.

10) Bolduc, R. 1974. Technique pour échantillonner les cultures en hiver. Congrès

annuel, ACFAS, Université Laval.

11) Bolduc, R. et al. 1975. Méthode pour mesurer les degrés d'adaptation et les taux

de survie à l'hiver. Annual Meeting, I.A.C., Laval University.

12) Bolduc, R. et al. 1975. Persistance à l'hiver de la luzerne. Annual Meeting

C.S.A., Laval University.

13) Bolduc, R. 1976. Méthode pour étudier les mécanismes de la survivance à l'hiver

chez la luzerne. Conférence, Agriculture Québec.

14) Bolduc, R. 1976. Interactions des facteurs histo-physiologiques et

climatologiques au cours de la persistance de la luzerne à l'hiver.

Conférence, Agriculture Québec.

15) Bolduc, R. 1977. Winter sampling of crops. Annual Meeting, C.S.A., Dalhousie

University.

16) Bolduc, R. 1978. Le gel hivernal de la luzerne. Colloque, Conseil des

productions végétales, 14-15 février, Québec. Agriculture Québec.

17) Bolduc, R. 1978. Viability of crops exposed to freezing. Annual Meeting, Can.

Soc. Agronomy, Saskatchewan.

18) Bolduc, R. 1979. The TD-50, a new method to measure the frost hardiness of

plants. Can. Soc. Plant Physiology Meeting, Montreal.

19) Bolduc, R. 1980. The scientific research in Canada. K.A.T. Institute of Plant

Physiology, USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow.

20) Bolduc, R. 1980. L'agriculture en USSR. Ordre des agronomes du Québec, Québec.

21) Bolduc, R. 1981. Acid phosphatase as a membrane protein to monitor freezing

damages in plants. Canadian and American Societies of Plant

Physiology, Quebec.

22) Bolduc, R. and L. Couture. 1981. Cold hardening of plants under aseptical

conditions. International Association of Botany and Australian

Academy of Sciences, Sydney, Australia.

23) Bolduc, R. 1982. Étude d'un plaste aux caractéristiques nouvelles chez le

méristème des racines de luzerne. Congrès annuel, ACFAS, Montréal.

24) Bolduc, R. 1983. Dommages à la luzerne causés par l'alternance gel-dégel.

Congrès annuel, ACFAS, Quebec University, Trois-Rivières.

25) Bolduc, R. 1984. Selection of cereals for winter resistance. Canadian and

American Societies of Agronomy Symposium, Laval University, Quebec.

26) Bolduc, R. 1985. Étude de l'alternance gel-dégel chez le trèfle violet.

Asserablée annuelle, Société de protection des plantes du Québec,

Magog.

27) Bolduc, R. 1986. Méthode d'évaluation pour la résistance à l'hiver chez la

luzerne. Assemblée annuelle, Société de protection des plantes du

Québec, Lévis.

28) Bolduc, R. 1987. Evaluation of perennial crops for winter resistance. XIVth

International Meeting, International Association for Plant

Physiology and Botany, Berlin (West-Germany).

29) St-Pierre, C.A., A. Comeau, L. Couture, R. Bolduc et G. Leroux. 1987. Les

interactions de régie nécessaires pour faire hiverner le blé.

Séminaire, phytologie, FSAA, Université Laval, Sainte-Foy (Québec).

30) Cloutier, Y. and R. Bolduc. 1987. Influence of freeze-thaw cycles in freezing

resistance of winter cereals. CSPP Meeting, Queen's University

(Ontario).

PUBLICATIONS

I- Ph.D. Thesis

1) Bolduc, R.J. 1968. The role of invertase, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase

and IAA oxidase in vernalization of winter wheat. Ph.D. Thesis, Purdue

University, Indiana, USA.

II- Publications in scientific journals with referees

2) Bolduc, R.J., J.H. Cherry and B.O. Blair. 1969. Increase of IAA oxidase

activity of winter wheat by cold treatment and gibberellic acid. Plant

Physiology 43: 461-464.

3) Bolduc, R. 1976. Technique pour échantillonner les racines de plantes dans

le sol gelé et enneigé. Can. J. Plant Sci. 56: 633-638.

4) Bolduc, R., A. Pesant et R. Drapeau. 1977. Adaptation à l'hiver et

rendement potentiel de quelques luzernières du Québec au cours des

hivers 1973-74 et 1974-75. Can. J. Plant Sci. 57: 883-889.

5) Pesant, A., R. Bolduc et R. Drapeau. 1978. Influence des facteurs

édaphiques et microclimatiques sur la survivance des luzernières dans

la province de Québec. Can. J. Plant Sci. 58: 449-458.

6) Bolduc, R., L. Rancourt, P. Dolbec et L. Chouinard-Lavoie, 1978. Mesure de

1'endurcissement au froid et de la viabilité des plantes exposées au

gel par le dosage des phosphatases acides libres. Can. J. Plant Sci.

58: 1007-1018.

7) Bolduc, R. 1980. Une méthode enzymologique à appliquer pour la sélection

des plantes résistantes au froid. Can. J. Plant Sci. 60: 1303-1308.

8) Bolduc, R., G.N. Zvereva et T.I. Trunova. 1981. [Effect of frost hardening

and freezing of winter wheat on phosphatase release into the external

medium]. Fiziologiia Rasteni 28: 601-606. [In Russian].

9) Bolduc, R., G.N. Zvereva et T.I. Trunova. 1982. [Influence of sugars on a

release of phosphatases from winter wheat cells under low temperature].

Fiziologiia Rastenii 29: 332-337. [In Russian].

10) Bolduc, R., G.N. Zvereva and T.I. Trunova. 1981. Influence of hardening and

freezing processes on escape of phosphatases from cells of winter wheat

plants. Soviet Plant Physiology 28: 434-438.

11) Bolduc, R., G.N. Zvereva and T.I. Trunova. 1982. Effects of sugars on

liberation of phosphatases from cells of winter cereals under the

influence of low temperatures. Soviet Plant Physiology 29: 255-260.

12) Bolduc, R. et L. Couture. 1983. Conditions aseptiques pour 1'endurcissement

au froid de plantules de blé d'automne et de luzerne. Cytologia 48:

581-595.

13) Bolduc, R. 1983. Influence de la température sur les membranes de

sphérosomes de cellules méristématiques de luzerne. Journal canadien

de botanique 61: 2112-2118.

14) Bolduc, R. et G. Dupuis. 1983. Note sur les dommages aux bourgeons

pérennants de la luzerne au cours de l'hiver 1981-82 dans la région de

Québec. Phytoprotection 64: 69-75.

15) Bolduc, R., A. Comeau, L. Couture, H.J. Hope et C.A. St-Pierre. 1985. Une

méthode de sélection des céréales pour la résistance à l'hiver. Phytoprotection 66: 47-52.

16) Bolduc, R. 1986. Formation des sphérosomes chez les cellules

méristématiques des racines de luzerne exposées aux basses températures

de croissance et contenu osmiophilique des nouveaux sphérosomes.

Cytologia 51: 149-156.

17) Bolduc, R. et R. Paquin. 1986. Prélèvement de plants de fraisier (Fragaria

ananassa Duch.) dans un sol gelé et comparaison de deux méthodes

d'évaluation de la tolérance au gel. Can. J. Plant Sci. 67: 343-348.

18) Hope, H.J., A. Comeau, M. Bernier-Cardou, C.A. St-Pierre and R. Bolduc.

1986. The unheated plastic house as a tool for low temperature

survival breeding in forage crops and winter cereals. Can. J. Plant

Science (under press).

19) Bolduc, R., A. Comeau, L. Couture and C.A. St-Pierre. 1987. Differential

capacity for winter cereals to resist alternating freezing and thawing

stress. Can. J. Plant Sci. (sous presse).

20) Bolduc, R., A. Comeau, L Couture et C.A. St-Pierre. 1988. Resistance to

alternating freeze and thaw stresses in wheat, rye, triticale and

foxtail barley. Can. J. Plant Sci. 68: 331-335.

21) Paquin, R., R. Bolduc, J. Zizza, G. Pelletier et P. Lechasseur. 1989.

Tolérance au gel et teneur en sucres et en proline du collet du

fraisier (Fragaria ananassa Duch) durant l'hiver. Can. J. Plant Sci.

69 : 945-954.

III- Publications in recognized scientific journals

1) Bolduc, R. 1971. Sucrose involved in cold hardening of winter wheat.

Symposium on cold hardening, Minnesota State University 11-17.

2) Bolduc, R. 1971. Cold hardening mechanism in winter wheat: a comparative

biochemical and histochemical study. Proceedings, C.S.P.P. 11: 25.

3) Maltais, B., P.O. Metitiri et R. Bolduc. 1972. Variations saisonnières dans

les concentrations de substances organo-halogénées dans les eaux du

bassin de la rivère des Roches. Annales, ACFAS 39: 5.

4) Bolduc, R. 1972. Déformations ultrastructurales des membranes du

chloroplaste causées par le froid chez le blé d'hiver et mécanisme de

réparation. Annales, ACFAS 39: 18.

5) Bolduc, R. 1973. Ultrastructural deformations in chloroplasts of winter

wheat induced by cold treatment. Plant Physiology 51: 27 (abstract).

6) Bolduc, R. 1974. Méthode pour échantillonner les racines de plantes en

hiver. Annales, ACFAS 41: 10.

7) Bolduc, R. et A. Pesant. 1975. Le degré d'adaptation et le taux de survie à

l'hiver chez les cultures bisannuelles et vivaces. Can. J. Plant Sci.

55: 353.

8) Pesant, A., R. Drapeau, Y. Martel, J.M. Deschênes, C. Richard, R. Paquin et

R. Bolduc. 1975. Facteurs limitant la survie à l'hiver chez les

luzernières de la province de Québec au cours de l'hiver 1973-74. Can.

J. Plant Sci. 55: 353.

9) Bolduc, R. 1975. The study of plant adaptation to low temperature.

Abstracts, XII Int. Botanical Congress, USSR, Acad. Sci. Leningrad:

468.

10) Bolduc, R. 1974. Interactions de la lumière et de la température sur la

structure des chloroplastes de blé exposés aux chocs par le froid.

Proc. C.F.B.S. 17: 19.

11) Bolduc, R. 1977. Winter sampling of crops for histological studies. Can.

J. Plant Sci. 57.

12) Pesant, A., R. Bolduc et R. Drapeau. 1978. Influence of climatic factors on

winter survival of alfalfa. Proc. Amer. Soc. Agron.: 148.

13) Bolduc, R. 1978. Le gel hivernal de la luzerne. Compte rendu colloque

luzerne. Agric. Québec: 88-90.

14) Bolduc, R. 1978. Free acid phosphatase determination to measure the

viability of crops exposed to freezing. Proc. Can. Soc. Agro.,

Saskatchewan.

15) Bolduc, R., A. Pesant et R. Drapeau. 1978. Winter adaptation and potential

yeld index of several luzerne stands in Quebec during the winter of

1973-74 and 1974-75. Applied Ecology Abstract, 230-D4: 41.

16) Bolduc, R. 1978. The TD-50, a new method to measure the frost hardiness of

plants. Can. Soc. Plant Physiology Proc. 19: 10.

17) Bolduc, R. 1979. Entropy of activation for membrane denaturation: mechanism

to determine the lethal temperature of frost damage. Can. Soc. Plant

Physiology Proc. 19: 10.

18) Bolduc, R. 1979. Technique pour 1’échantillonnage des cultures dans le sol

gelé. Canada Agriculture 24(4): 19-21.

19) Bolduc, R. 1980. Method to measure the genetic resistance of plants to

frost injury. Can. J. Plant Sci. 60: 315.

20) Bolduc, R. 1981. Acid Pase: An intrinsic membrane protein used as a method

to monitor freezing damages in plants. Plant Physiology 14: 30.

21) Bolduc, R. and L. Couture. 1981. Cold hardening of winter wheat under

aseptic conditions. Abstracts, XIII International Botanical Congress,

Sydney, Australia: 91.

22) Bolduc, R. 1981. La culture du blé d'hiver en voie d'être rendue possible

dans tout le Canada.

I. Agriculture. 38(2): 27.

II. Nouvelles et articles documentaires. No 1920: 3, 5, 6.

III. Le Meunier québécois. 16.

IV. La terre de chez-nous. 52(12): 15.

23) Bolduc, R. 1982. Étude cryo-dynamique d'un plaste aux caractéristiques

nouvelles chez le méristème radiculaire de luzerne, Medicago sativa.

Résumé des communications. ACFAS 49: 23.

24) Bolduc, R. 1983. Dommages aux bourgeons de la luzerne causés par

l'alternance gel-dégel au cours de l'hiver 1981-82. Annales de 1'ACFAS

50: 34.

25) Bolduc, R., A. Comeau, L. Couture, H.J. Hope and C.A. St-Pierre. 1984. A

low cost method for selecting resistant cereals. North-Eastern Branch

Am. Soc. Agron. and Eastern Section Can. Soc. Agron. Symposium 23

(résumé).

26) Bolduc, R. 1985. Cereal selection for winter resistance. J. Genet. 16: 5.

27) Bolduc, R. 1985. New selection criteria for the winter hardiness of

legumes. Can. J. Plant Sci. 65: 1107.

28) Bolduc, R. 1985. Résistance à l'hiver chez le trèfle violet.

Phytoprotection 66: 71 (résumé).

29) Bolduc, R., C. Richard et R. Michaud. 1986. Mesure de la résistance à

l'hiver chez la luzerne en serre non chauffée. Phytoprotection 67:

143-144.

30) Bolduc, R. et M. Germain. 1986. Détermination, en serre, de la rusticité

chez la luzerne. Feuillet d'information. Vol. I (2): 8.

31) Bolduc, R. en collaboration. 1986. Un test hâtif du gel dans les fraisières

à la portée du producteur. Feuillet d'information. Vol. I: 3.

32) Cloutier, Y. and R. Bolduc. 1987. Influence of freeze-thaw cycles on

freezing tolerance and survival of winter cereals. Abstract. CSPP and

CSPMB. Joint Meeting, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario: 18.

33) Bolduc, R. 1987. Physiological evaluation of perennial plants for winter

dormancy and resistance. Abstracts. XIV International Botanical

Congress, Berlin (West Germany): 386.

34) Bolduc, R., et R. Paquin. 1987. Comparaison de deux méthodes d'évaluation

de la tolérance au gel et du fraisier prélevé dans le sol gelé. Can.

J. Plant Sci. 67: 343-348.

35) Bolduc, R., A. Comeau, L. Couture et C.A. St-Pierre. 1988. Évaluation de la

résistance à l'hiver chez les céréales et deux graminées indigènes.

Phytoprotection. Assemblée annuelle de la Société de protection des

plantes du Québec. Rivière-du-Loup.

36) Bolduc, R. 1988. Resistance to alternating freeze and thaw stresses in

wheat, rye, triticale and foxtail barley. Agrologist, vol. 17(2). 20.

IV- Publications in professionnal and government journals

1) Bolduc, R. 1972. Comment réduire les mauvaises herbes dans les cultures de

céréales. Actualités agricoles 33(3): 30-33.

2) Bolduc, R. 1974. Opération "luzerne blanche". Tableau, mai: 4.

3) Bolduc, R. 1975. Quand, comment et pourquoi la luzerne périt dans la

province de Québec ? Bulletin d'extension, Agriculture Canada, Ste-

Foy: 5-7.

4) Drapeau, R., A. Pesant et R. Bolduc. 1975. On commence à prévoir comment la

luzerne sortira de l'hiver. Le bulletin des agriculteurs, mars: 75.

5) Bolduc, R. et B. Drolet. 1975. Résistance des plantes au froid. Québec

Sciences. Mai: 27.

6) Bolduc, R., A. Pesant et R. Drapeau. 1976. La luzerne face aux aléas de

l'hiver. Nouvelles et articles documentaires, Agriculture Canada no

1655: 3, 4, 8-10.

7) Bolduc, R., R. Drapeau et A. Pesant. 1976. Vos luzernières sont-elles

mortes ? Bulletin des agriculteurs, mars: 106.

8) Bolduc, R., R. Drapeau et A. Pesant. 1976. Improving alfalfa survival.

News and Features, Canada Agriculture no 1686: 9-10.

9) Bolduc, R. et al. 1977. La luzerne doit passer l'hiver. Nouvelles et

articles documentaires. Agriculture Canada no 1704: 2, 4, 6-8.

10) Bertrand, J.F. et R. Bolduc. 1977. L'hiver s'achève dans les luzernières.

Le bulletin des agriculteurs, mars: 30-33.

11) Bolduc, R. 1977. Method to measure differentiating degrees of cold

hardiness in plants. Abstract, C.S.P.P. Eastern Regional Meeting,

Toronto: 12.

12) Bolduc, R. 1978. Nouveau test pour mesurer l'effet du gel sur la luzerne et

le blé. Nouvelles et articles documentaires. Agriculture Canada no

1764: 3, 5-7.

13) Bolduc, R., R. Drapeau et A. Pesant. 1981. Survivance de la luzerne à

l'hiver. Communiqué, Service des productions végétales, Agriculture

Québec, 2 pp.

14) Bolduc, R. 1981. Programme d'échanges scientifiques Canada-URSS en

collaboration avec le Conseil national de recherches du Canada et

l'Académie des sciences de 1'Union des Républiques Socialistes

Soviétiques. Rapport officiel: Conseil des recherches en sciences

naturelles et en génie du Canada et ministère de 1'Agriculture du

Canada. 12 pp.

15) Bolduc, R. 1981. La luzerne s'en tire assez bien. La terre de chez-nous

52(9): 11.

16) En collaboration. 1980. Herbages: Culture. Conseil des productions

végétales du Québec, Agriculture Québec. Agdex 120/20: 37 pp.

17) Bolduc, R. 1981. La culture du blé d'hiver. Le producteur agricole 4(10):

33.

18) Bolduc, R. et A. Pesant. 1982. Survivance de la luzerne à l'hiver.

Communiqué, Service des productions végétales, Agriculture Québec, 1 p.

V- Special publication

1) Bolduc, R., A. Pesant et R. Drapeau. 1976. Film: Recherches sur la luzerne

au Québec. Information, Agriculture Canada: 7' 34".

Réginald Bolduc

• Tout petit, au milieu de la grande maisonnée, Réginald dévorait des yeux les gestes précis de sa

mère pour concocter de délicieux petits plats. Il suivait tout, méticuleusement, et c'était le grand

bonheur de tous ses sens réunis. C'est ce qu'il écrivait dans la revue Le MEU. Cette étude tranquille

de la perfection des gestes peut résumer toute sa vie personnelle et sa vie de chercheur pour

atteindre le but espéré. Aucun détail ne lui échappait.

• Réginald Bolduc nous a quittés à 49 ans seulement, en 1989. La veille, il déclarait à son fils « qu'il

trouvait dommage d'avoir pris la peine d'étudier jusqu'à l'âge de 30 ans pour que ses recherches

s'achèvent si vite ». Il était un chercheur dans l'âme. Il adorait ses recherches. Son but était de

développer ou créer une espèce ou un cultivar de céréale d'hiver issu de la génétique moléculaire

possédant la plus forte résistance au froid. Il a d'ailleurs construit une foreuse permettant

d'extraire des racines de plantes gelées dans le sol. La mort l'aura fauché avant qu'il sache s'il avait

réussi.

• Après un cours classique à St-Georges de Beauce et un baccalauréat en agronomie en 1964,

Réginald se marie avec Dodo et ils partent le jour même à Purdue University, en Indiana, pour

étudier en vue d'obtenir un Ph. D. en physiologie des plantes. Pas de temps à perdre, quatre ans

après, le diplôme en poche et avec son fils qui a déjà 3 ans, il revient à Québec dans un poste de

professeur de malherbologie à l'Université Laval en 1968. Plus chercheur qu'enseignant, il décide

de poursuivre ses recherches à Agriculture-Canada en 1972, tout en restant professeur invité. Sa

grande soif d'apprendre l'amène en 1969 à un post-doctorat au CNRS à Gif-sur-Yvette en France.

Suivra ensuite en 1979 un échange scientifique de huit mois entre l'Académie des Sciences de

l'URSS à Moscou et le NRC du Canada en tant que chercheur associé, et finalement en 1980 on le

retrouve à University of York, U.K., en vue d'étudier la cryobiologie cellulaire au microscope

électronique. Réginald a aussi entrepris de nombreuses recherches en collaboration avec des

chercheurs du MAPAQ, du Collège Macdonald, et de l'Institut Timiriazev à Moscou.

• Sa courte carrière compte une trentaine de conférences et séminaires dans plusieurs universités

canadiennes et américaines, ainsi qu'à Berlin, en Angleterre, en France, en Australie et en URSS, une

vingtaine de publications avec comité de lecture, une trentaine d'articles dans des revues

scientifiques et une vingtaine de publications dans des revues gouvernementales et

professionnelles en français, en anglais et en russe. Il connaissait également l'allemand, le japonais

et avait commencé l'arabe. Membre de plusieurs associations scientifiques canadiennes et

américaines, conseiller auprès du CNRC, conseiller auprès de différents organismes et correcteur de

manuscrits, Réginald est aussi l'Instigateur d'un accord-cadre permettant des échanges d'étudiants

entre l'Université Laval et l'Institut K.A.T. de l'Académie des Sciences de l'URSS.

• Sa passion de la vie, sa grande droiture et son intégrité, son amour de la nature et sa simplicité

ont été le moteur d'un parcours riche et plein d'enthousiasme. Réginald aurait été tellement

heureux aussi de connaître sa petite fille Mina, 19 ans, mais il est certain qu'il veille de là-haut sur

toute sa famille.

Un hommage rédigé par Dorothy Roy, son épouse (2014).

Réginald Bolduc

• As a child, within a large household, Réginald devoured with his eyes the specific actions of his

mother to concoct delicious small dishes. He followed everything meticulously, and this delighted

all of his senses. This is what he wrote in the publication Le MEU. This quiet study of perfection of

gestures can sum up his personal life and his life of researcher to achieve desired goals. No details

escaped him.

• Réginald Bolduc left us early at the age of 49, in 1989. The day prior to his passing, he said to his

son he regretted that his researches were cut so short, after studying until he was thirty years of

age”. Research was in his soul. He loved to explore. His purpose was to develop or create winter

species or cultures of cereals of molecular genetics with the strongest resistance to the cold. He

also created a drill for extracting the roots of plants frozen in the soil. Alas, his premature passing

away prevented him from harvesting the fruits of his research.

• After a classical course at St-Georges de Beauce and a Bachelor's degree in Agronomy in 1964,

Réginald married with Dorothy, and together they left on the same day for Purdue University, in

Indiana, to study for a Ph.D. in plant physiology. With no time to lose and four years later, the

diploma in his pocket and a 3 years old son, he returned to Quebec for a post of Professor in Plant

Science at Laval University in 1968. More of a researcher than a teacher, he decided to continue his

research at Agriculture Canada in 1972, while still teaching. His great thirst for learning leads him

in 1969 to a postdoctoral fellow at the CNRS at Gif-sur-Yvette in France. Then in 1979 he will

follow with an eight-months scientific exchange between the Academy of Sciences of the USSR in

Moscow, and the NRC of Canada as a research associate, and finally in 1980 he’ll be found at the

University of York, U.K., to study cellular cryobiology on an electronic microscope. Réginald has

also undertaken numerous research in collaboration with scientists from the MAPAQ, Macdonald

College and the Timiryazev Institute in Moscow.

• His short career accounts thirty conferences and seminars in several Canadian and American

universities as well as in Berlin, England, France, Australia and the USSR, twenty refereed

publications, roughly thirty articles in scientific journals and about 20 publications in Government

and professional journals in French, English and Russian. He also knew German, Japanese and had

started Arabic. Member of several Canadian and American scientific associations, Advisor to NRC,

Advisor to various agencies and correcting manuscripts, Réginald is also the instigator of a

framework agreement for student exchanges between Laval University and the K.A.T. Institute of

the Academy of Sciences of the USSR.

• His passion for life, his great righteousness and integrity, his love of nature and simplicity, were

the driven force of a journey rich and full of enthusiasm. Réginald would have been so happy to

know his granddaughter Mina, 19 years, but it is certain he now watches over his entire family.

Tribute written by Dorothy Roy, his wife (2014).

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Master Sergeant Yan Jay Kevin Bolduc is Lead Self Inspection Program Manager for the

55th Maintenance Squadron. He leads and directs programs from 389 military and civilian

personnel from seven separate flights, including one geographical separated unit, in one of

ACC’s most diverse/heavily tasked low supply/high demand units. He directs courses of

action in implementing latest regulations to support three operational flying squadrons,

USSTRATCOM, National Airborne Operations Center (NAOC), Navy’s E-6B Take

Charge/ Move Out (TACAMO) aircraft and 55th Wing’s worldwide reconnaissance and

intelligence gathering mission. He establishes locally tailored inspection spreadsheets

supplementing existing Compliance and Standardization Requirements Lists effectively

easing work ethics into daily activities, and briefs status of all inspection results to senior leadership throughout

the wing. He manages the distribution of all program inspection reports in direct support to the mission of 29

assigned aircraft flying in excess of 18,000 hours and 2,500 sorties annually around the globe.

MSgt Bolduc was born April 22, 1965 in Lafayette, Indiana, son of Réginald and Dorothy Bolduc. He

graduated from Collège-de-Lévis High School (Québec) in 1983 and enlisted in the Air Force in August 1986.

After basic training, he completed the Aircraft Fuel Systems Mechanic technical school at Chanute AFB, IL,

and headed to his first assignment at Spangdahlem AB, Germany. During his career he has filled numerous

positions including French Interpreter, Field Training Detachment Instructor, Fuel Cell Shop Chief, and

Squadron Self Inspection Manager. His assignments include bases in Europe, Persian Gulf, Texas, Alaska,

North Carolina and Nebraska. He also supported Operations UPHOLD DEMOCRACY in Haiti, JOINT and

DECISIVE ENDEAVOR in France, and is a war veteran of DESERT SHIELD and DESERT STORM in

Bahrain.

He is married to the former Linda Lisa La Guardia of Bremen, Germany. They have three children, Kyle

Anthony, Rachel Lynn and Mina Winter Bolduc.

Education 1988 Aircraft Battle Damage Repair Technician, Spangdahlem AB, GE

1989 NCO Preparatory Course, Spangdahlem AB, GE

1994 Airman Leadership School, Dyess AFB, TX

2003 Basic Instructor Course, Sheppard AFB, TX

2004 NCO Academy, Kapaun AB, GE

2004 Associate of Applied Science, Aviation Maintenance Technology, Community College of the Air Force

(CCAF)

2005 Associate of Applied Science, Instructor of Technology & Military Science, CCAF

2005 Occupational Instructor Certification, CCAF

2010 Associate of Applied Science, Computer Drafting & Design, ITT Tech of Omaha, NE

Assignments/Duty Title Feb 1987—Mar 1987, student, Basic Military Training, Lackland AFB, TX

Mar 1987—May 1987, student, Aircraft Fuel Systems, Chanute AFB, IL

Jun 1987—May 1992, Acft Fuel Sys Mechanic, 52nd Mx Sqdn, Spangdahlem AB, GE

Jun 1992—May 1997, Acft Fuel Sys Specialist, 7th Mx Sqdn, Dyess AFB, TX

Jun 1997—Jun 2001, Acft Fuel Sys Craftsman, 3rd Mx Sqdn, Elmendorf AFB, AK

Jun 2001—Jul 2003, Acft Fuel Sys Craftsman, 4th Mx Sqdn, Seymour-Johnson AFB, NC

Jul 2003—Jul 2007, Acft Fuel Sys Instructor, 372 TRS, Spangdahlem AB, GE

Jul 2007—Sep 2009, Acft Fuel Sys Section Chief, 55th Mx Sqdn, Offutt AFB, NE

Sep 2009—Dec 2010, 55th Mx Sqdn Self Inspections Program Manager, Offutt AFB, NE

Major Awards and Decorations AF Commendation Medal with 1 bronze oak leaf cluster

AF Achievement Medal with 1 bronze oak leaf cluster

AF Joint Meritorious Unit Award

AF Meritorious Unit Award with 2 bronze oak leaf clusters

AF Outstanding Unit Award with Valor device

AF Good Conduct Medal with 1 silver and 2 bronze oak leaf clusters

National Defense Service Medal with 1 bronze star

Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal

Southwest Asia Service Medal with 2 bronze stars

Global War on Terrorism Service Medal

AF Overseas Ribbon Short

AF Overseas Ribbon Long with 2 bronze oak leaf clusters

AF Longevity Service with 4 bronze oak leaf clusters

USAF NCO PME Graduate Ribbon with 2 bronze oak leaf clusters

Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon (Rifle)

AF Training Ribbon

NATO Medal

Kuwait Liberation Medal Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Kuwait Liberation Medal Government of Kuwait

Other Achievements 1991—Desert Warrior Outstanding Performance Appreciation (Bahrain)

1994—Meritorious Achievement from Task Force 525th Military Intel (US Army, Haiti)

1996—U-2 Hydraulic Fluid Testing Appreciation from OL-FR (France)

1997—PACAF Combat Employment Readiness Award (Alaska)

2000—Damaged Acft Rebuild Appreciation from 517th Commander (Alaska)

2005—Outstanding Instructor Award (Germany)

2009—Bailiff Duty Recognition for Professionalism from Staff Judge Advocate (Offutt AFB)

2009—ACC Outstanding Airmen of the Year Volunteer Recognition Award from ACC Command CMSgt

(Omaha)

Effective Dates of Promotion Mar 1987—Airman First Class

Jul 1989—Senior Airman

Jul 1990—Sergeant

Oct 1995—Staff Sergeant

Oct 2002—Technical Sergeant

Sep 2008—Master Sergeant

Remembering the Forgotten Mechanic

Through the history of world aviation many names have come to the fore

Great deeds of the past in our memory will last, as they're joined by more and more.

When man first started his labor in his quest to conquer the sky

he was designer, mechanic and pilot and he built a machine that would fly but somehow the order got twisted,

and then in the public's eye the only man that could be seen

was the man who knew how to fly

The pilot was everyone's hero, he was brave, he was bold, he was grand,

as he stood by his battered old biplane with his goggles and helmet in hand. To be sure, these pilots all earned it,

to fly you have to have guts. And they blazed their names in the hall of fame

on wings with bailing wire struts. But for each of these flying heroes

there were thousands of little renown, and these were the men who worked on the planes

but kept their feet on the ground.

We all know the name of Lindbergh, and we've read of his flight of fame.

But think, if you can, of his maintenance man, can you remember his name?

And think of our wartime heroes,

Gabreski, Jabara, and Scott. Can you tell me the names of their crew chief?

A thousand to one you cannot.

Now pilots are highly trained people, and wings are not easily won.

But without the work of the maintenance man, our pilots would march with a gun. So when you see mighty jet aircraft

as they mark their way through the air, the greased stained man with a wrench in his hand

is the man that put them there.

Anonymous

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE

WASHINGTON

SPECIAL ORDER NO. AC-008487 04 JUN 2010

MSG BOLDUC, YAN J K

OFFUTT AFB NE 681130000

EFFECTIVE 31 MAR 2011 YOU ARE RELIEVED FROM ACTIVE DUTY,

ORGANIZATION AND STATION OF ASSIGNMENT, RETIRED EFFECTIVE 01 APR 2011

PER AFI 36-3203 IN GRADE OF MSG.

HIGHEST GRADE HELD ON ACTIVE DUTY: MSG

SERVICE PER 10 USC 1405: 24 YEARS, 01 MONTHS, 22 DAYS

PROCEED TO HOME OF SELECTION

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE

OFFICIAL

MICHAEL S. PITTS, COLONEL, USAF

CHIEF, OPERATIONS DIVISION

DIRECTORATE OF PERSONNEL SERVICES

Ode to the Military Wife

When the Lord was creating a military wife He ran into His sixth day of overtime. An angel appeared and said, "You're having a lot of trouble with this one. What's wrong with the standard model?"

The Lord replied, "Have you seen the specs on this order? It has to be completely independent but must always be sponsored to get on a military installation. It must have the qualities of both mother and father during deployments, handle emergencies without an instruction manual, cope with flu and moves all around the world, have a kiss that cures anything from a child's bruised knee to a husband's weary days, have the patience of a saint when waiting for her husband to come home and, have six pairs of hands."

The angel shook his head slowly and said, "Six pairs of hands? No way." The Lord answered, "Don't worry; we will make other military wives to help. Besides, it's not the hands that are causing the problem, it's the heart. It must swell with pride, sustain the ache of numerous separations while remaining true, beat soundly even when it feels too tired to do so, be large enough to say 'I understand' when it doesn't, and say 'I love you', regardless.

"Lord," said the angel, gently touching His sleeve. "Go to bed. You can finish it tomorrow." "I can't," said the Lord. "I'm so close to creating something quite unique. Already it can heal itself when sick, on a moment’s notice it will willingly embrace and feed total strangers who have been stranded during a PCS move and it can wave goodbye to its husband understanding why he had to leave."

The angel circled the model of the military wife very slowly. "It's too soft," he sighed.

"But tough," the Lord said excitedly. "You cannot imagine what this being can do or endure."

Finally the angel bent over and ran his finger across the cheek. "There's a leak," he said. "I told you that you were trying to put too much into this model." "It's not a leak," said the Lord. "It's a tear." "What's it for?" asked the angel. "It's for joy, sadness, pain, loneliness and pride." "You're a genius," said the angel.

Looking at her somberly, the Lord replied, "I didn't put it there."

Anonymous

Air Force Maintenance Badge Heraldry

The design of the falcon is a replica of the maintenance falcon located in the National Cathedral

at Washington DC. The falcon symbolizes the airborne strength by the Air Force and made

possible by the maintenance of aircraft, munitions, and communications-electronics equipment.

In its talons, the falcon is holding a bomb and a generic 21st century aircraft. They are crossed

to show the interrelationship of the career fields. The three levels of the award are signified by

the addition of a star centered above the falcon for the senior level and the star surrounded by

an olive wreath for the master level.

The aircraft, streamlined to depict a 21st century aircraft, is symbolic of all aircraft maintained

by the personnel who will wear the badge into the 21st century. The aircraft has three leading

edges, which represent the three enlisted maintenance specialties: aircraft, munitions, and

communications-electronics. The personnel, like the leading edges of the aircraft, work together

to support the flying mission. The bomb, streamlined to depict a modern munition, symbolizes

the primary mission of the Air Force maintainer to make sure they put the bombs on target. The

field is without obstruction and depicts a free sky and the olive wreath surrounding the badge,

symbolizes the peace, which we defend through professional maintenance.

14 December 2010, retirement speech given by Yan J. K. Bolduc.

“While I was tossing back and forth in bed last night trying to think of what to say for my

retirement speech, I came to realize that all my thoughts essentially surrounded three main

words: Privilege, Pride, and Dedication. While trying to keep my speech as short as I can, I will

explain why these words.

I’ve been privileged to have been born in the U.S.A. My father was working on his PHD in

Biochemistry at Purdue University, and my parents didn’t plan on having a baby right then and

there, but here I came. My father passed away of cancer in 1989, and he was the sort of person

you would find dressed up in a white coat working in a lab surrounded by vials and complex

equipment, just like you see in a James Bond movie on those scientific scenes. He was a

researcher and always lost in thoughts, and I find myself to be very much like him, always lost in

my own world. My wife is the total opposite in that respect, and she helps maintain my

humanity. I had the privilege of meeting her while in the military, and was proud to finalize her

divorce and get the necessary documentation in order to adopt her two children. He was six and

she was four at the time, and find myself extremely lucky to hear them call me “Dad”. It is such

an honor. Then I had the pride and privilege of seeing our daughter born.

Growing up in Canada, I discovered through the U.S. Consulate that in order to maintain my

American citizenship, I would have to live in the U.S. at least one year before I reached the age

of 22 (those were the rules then) in order for me to maintain my American citizenship. I had a

great fear of losing this as I had always felt proud to consider myself an American first, and I

soon realized that this became more important to me. After graduating from High School, I

drove five hours south to Plattsburgh where the nearest recruiter was. Incredibly I scored high

enough on the ASVAB test to be accepted, even though I didn’t understand all the questions, and

not only that but scored high enough not to be forced into the Security Forces career field as my

only option (don’t tell any SFS personnel I said that). This toss between Canadian and American

citizenship was challenged again after 9-11 when the military tracked down everyone in the

service who had more than one citizenship, and while I was interviewed by the FBI, I willingly

signed a letter stating that I was willing to lose my Canadian citizenship. Hopefully that doesn’t

mean I have lost it, I would rather keep both. But I turned in my Canadian passport then (I’ve

had one since birth) and they shredded it. I remember asking the SP personnel why this was

necessary, and he said because my allegiance, by having dual citizenship, was in question. This

infuriated me because by saying that he made me feel that the Enlistment Oath I had sworn at the

Albany MEPS Station didn’t mean a thing.

I’m also privileged of being a veteran of a foreign war when I went to Desert Shield/Desert

Storm in Bahrain for seven months. Shortly after the war, I couldn’t help but wonder at the

thought that from now on every time a child will read about Desert Storm in the history books,

they will actually read of me and what I had done in helping win the war, where I worked on the

F-4G Phantom II aircrafts from Spangdahlem AB, blowing up SAM sites to allow aircrafts with

no stealth technology to penetrate enemy lines and accomplish their missions. This war will

always be remembered and never forgotten. The pride I still feel to this day is incredible.

I had the privilege of visiting recently the National Museum of the Air Force near Wright-

Patterson AFB. Inside, I found a B-1B Lancer from Dyess AFB and remembered they had nose

arts on them. Walking around, I saw a big Reg Hog painted on it that I remembered so well from

being stationed at Dyess. I worked on this aircraft plenty of times as I had all the others, and yet

again, how could I not feel pride looking at a flying weapon that I helped maintain, and here it

was, in a museum! My proudest memory from working the B-1B is when I was called out on a

Red Ball for an Inoperable Boost Pump Indicator. As I ran up to the cockpit and received a very

brief and stern synopsis from the co-pilot, I reached over to the gage, tapped on the glass with

my knuckle, and pop, the little green circular flag flicked into view. I looked over to the co-pilot

and all he could do was stare at the gage in silence, probably thinking “Why the hell didn’t I

think of that?”. I know what I thought. It went something to the effect of: “That’s right. If it

weren’t for me, you’d be a pedestrian.” I simply asked if there was anything else, and left.

Not all of my experiences however were so cherished. My most disturbing experience came

when I was detached to an Army Intelligence Battallion as a French Interpreter in Haiti for

Operation Uphold Democracy, and one of my duties was to shadow prisoners when they were

being visited once a week in order for me to hear and report all conversations said. In this

particular instance, a drug lord was being visited by his family, and his mother was loud and

targeted her anger directly at me in French, because she could tell what I was there for. I was not

allowed to engage in conversations, but I understood her anger and this did not bother me in the

least. However, one thing did: his young daughter, probably ten years old or so, looking at me

and her father for the longest time, not knowing what to do or say. But one thing was obvious to

me: her eyes were screaming “Why are you doing this to my Daddy?” every time she looked at

me. This was by far the most disturbing sight I had ever experienced, and I was outraged that he

could bring shame not only to himself, but his entire family. There was nothing I could do, and

this girl probably remembers me to this day, thinking the worst of Americans who had captured

her father. Which brings me to my third and final word, Dedication.

I’ve had the privilege of living from the “outside” while growing up in Canada, and also when

visiting friends in France when I was younger, and I know what the “outside” world thinks of

Americans. It is true that they see us as being arrogant, that we have our nose in everyone’s

business. Perhaps some of you might even think why is it that we must involve ourselves with

everyone else’s problems? Well, the answer is very simple. Good will always win over evil

because of the truth. No matter how painful the truth might be when it happens, in the long run,

the truth will always solve every single thing. And the truth is, we as Americans are Dedicated.

Europeans have a luxury of living in the “cushion” of their culture which maintains them in a

steady pattern of life, that has been established for them by their past generations a very long

time ago. We are a young nation, one still strugling to recognize a single identity, and we have

fought hard and long through our pioneers in this New World to establish ourselves globally.

But we have accomplished this through just one thing: Dedication. Our culture is one of

Dedication. Because we are dedicated to what is RIGHT, and we are dedicated to what is JUST.

Which brings me to my final and parting words:

God Bless America.”