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Began NROTC Program at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, 1943-1944.
Years at Tufts: 1944-1946,1948-1950
Degrees: Bachelor of Naval Science, 1946; Bachelor of Science in Civil
Engineering, 1950.
Activities at Tufts: Company Commander in the NROTC Unit and member of
the Tufts wrestling team, 1944-1946. President of the Tufts Engineering
Council and elected to the Phi Beta Phi Honorary Society, 1948-1950.
Received his Marine Corps Commission as a Second Lieutenant in March
1946, and then received Officer’s Training at Quantico, VA, and
Parris Island, SC.
At the end of officer training in 1946, sent to join the First Marine
Division in China. The Marines were in China in an attempt by the United
States to prevent a civil war between the Nationalist Army under Chiang
Kai-Shek and the Communists.
When the negotiations broke down in 1947, Lash and the First Marine Division
were moved to Guam, where he spent one year.
In 1948, following two years of service, Lash was released to inactive
duty as a First Lieutenant and returned to Tufts to earn a BS in Civil
Engineering.
 When
war broke out in Korea in 1950, Lash was recalled to active duty and sent
to Portsmouth, VA. Lash’s expertise as a civil engineer was used
to help in the construction of the Marine Corps Forwarding Depot, a new
supply base. He commanded a platoon and was involved in laying out plans
for the construction crews.
Family: Married in 1950 to Janet McCutcheon, 4 Children.
In 1952, he was released from active duty as a Captain, United States
Marine Corps Reserve. Lash then went to work for the Federal Highway,
where he spent a 25-year career involved in the planning and construction
of the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways.
Lash retired from the Federal Highway Administration in 1980 as Director
of Environmental Policy.
From 1980-1986, Lash developed his hobby of woodworking into a cabinetmaking
business.
From 1987-1988, Lash was a volunteer in a New York City program, Covenant
House, a Christian program which provided a home,education, and encouragement
to boys and girls who would otherwise be homeless. Lash served as a counselor
and manager of supplies.
From 1993 through today, Lash is the coordinator for a Prison Aftercare
Ministry organized by his church to help men and women in a nearby prison
build constructive lives after their release.
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