From his brother, Matthew:
My brother Paul began his career with Washington Gas as a Civil Engineer in June of 1979. And I will say that he served 33 of the most dedicated years retiring in 2013. All of his years were spent in one or another iteration of Transmission & Distribution (T&D) and Distribution, Planning & Design (DP&D). In the 80’s both of these departments reported up to VP Andy Tarapchack and then VP Pat Clarke. Being an engineer Paul started in DP&D, the planning, engineering and records arm. In 1981 he was “commissioned” out of DP&D and moved into the Transmission side to act as an Inspector on an important Transmission line in Shenandoah to serve exclusively Johns Mansville Corporation. Upon completion of that two-year Transmission project, Paul was ”commissioned” back over into DP&D by Don Courtney. As they say, Transmission’s loss was the Company’s gain to have him back in DP&D. By 1984 he had become the Assistant Manager of Computer Graphics (Mapping) in DP&D.
Coming out of the Re-Org in 1996 Paul became Department Head of all of New Business for DC, MD and VA. On the second round of the Re-Org
Paul had assembled a Team that went on to implement a top initiative of the Company to decrease the unwieldy 35 underground contractors that the Company was utilizing for all of its underground work. As a result of Paul’s and the Team’s efforts, the Company awarded six Alliance Contracts. County assigned each Alliance Contractor a specific territory in MD and VA along with DC. Paul’s Team consisting of Area Heads Dave Kenahan (MD), Bo Fraser (DC), John Trotter (VA), our admins Mary Copsey and Sally.
In 2005 Paul was pulled over to the Prince George’s County pipeline Rehabilitation Project. That project was a major and problematic project that lasted two years until 2007. Paul was the key to the project’s success and it brought the dynamic duo of Waksmunski and Kenahan back together again. Paul’s wealth of knowledge, analytic ability and his knowledge of the skill sets of the people that worked for him enabled him to attack a problem and see it solved instinctively. And he solved many over the course of his career.
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/paul-waksmunski-obituary?id=46091573
Martha Groves
Our paths did not seem to converge with a class of 742? Yet, I appreciated reading his obituary link and will keep his soul and his family in prayer. Eternal Rest grant unto him, O Lord, and let Light Perpetual shine upon him. Thank you to his brother.Martha Mary Groves
Rebecca Ostar (Gregerson)
I am sorry to hear about Paul's passing. He lived up the street from me and I believe he watched my younger brother a few times. I sent this information on to my parents, who remember him as well. They send their condolences. He will be remembered!
Christopher Dooley
Sorry to here about Paul's passing I remember the family and lived in the neighborhood next to Mohegan Hills.
Brian Patrick O'Donoghue
I remember Paul, very nice guy. We didn't keep in touch after WWHS. Thanks for the details about his long career.
Brian O'D
William Burgess
So sorry to hear of Paul's passing.
We were close friends at Whitman. As I recall, a couple of times a week Paul, big brother, John, Don Carlson & myself went hunting for a pick-up game of basketball around town. There were several gyms in town that we used to land in for brisk games against total strangers. It was kind of a nomadic behavior; totally spontaneous, hit & miss (just like our jump shots), and incredibly enjoyable.
Sometimes it was against like-minded young men just looking to compete whenever, wherever we could. Other times we found some college kids at American U or one of the many other gyms in the area that were open & sometimes not so open - until we made them open. Hahaha. A bunch of ne'er-do-wells we were. Actually, we were never one's to damage any of the buildings we used or courts we were on; we were not those type of men. We always felt as if we were to do any damage then we weren't likely to find those places open again. I think we were all of the minds that it was our responsibility to take care of those places & to keep others from doing any harm to them, as well.
That was Paul & John both - super nice guys to everyone around them. And Paul was especially nice to have around as a teammate being 6'4" and all. Haha!
I feel quite fortunate to have had those times to share with him AND John. RIP Buddy - Condolences to the family
Gregory Hermanson
Paul and his brother Johnny and I grew up as kids together and to this day are very good friends. I attended his funeral and thats a very hard thing to do of a very close friend . Paul passed away in February of this year and I was fortunately able to see him a few months before his passing. If you new Paul as well as I new him you know how funny he could be he would have you laughing all the time . With all the memories of the things we used to done you will never be forgotten.Rest in Peace good buddy you will always be missed Greg Hermanson