Dean E. Wildrick, 86, lifelong Cuba, NY resident

On April 17, 2024, Dean E. Wildrick, 86, passed away peacefully at Olean General Hospital after a brief illness. Lately living at Eden Heights in Olean, he was otherwise a lifelong resident of Cuba NY.
The beloved child of Harold E. and Hilda J. (Williams) Wildrick, Dean was born in Cuba Memorial Hospital on August 21, 1937. Dean graduated from Cuba Central School in 1955 and continued on to Rochester Institute of Technology, where he graduated in 1960 with a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering. He attended Syracuse University for one year of a Master’s program but paused his studies to begin a career at ACME Electric as a mechanical engineer in Cuba NY.
After twenty years at ACME, he changed careers in 1981 to begin a new opportunity: teaching computer languages and computer aided design at SUNY Alfred, one of the cutting-edge programs in the country at the time. While at Alfred he completed his Masters Degree from Alfred University. He retired from Alfred State in 2000 with a rank of Associate Professor.










































