Ryan Sleeper, 14, of West Windsor is spending two weeks this summer as a Landmark Volunteer at InfoAge, the site in Wall, that is best known as Marconi Wireless Station and top secret center for U.S. communications development.##M:[more]## Part of a team that will assist with carpentry, painting, landscaping, and concrete work, he will be housed on a cottage on the grounds.
A rising sophomore at High School North, Sleeper is a member of the varsity cross country and track teams.
Camp Evans, a site recently turned over from the National Park Service, includes the old 49-room hotel, eight old military buildings, and a wood structure used as a telephone exchange and Marconi power station from 1912. The campus, listen on the National Register of Historic Places, will be an interactive learning center to feature New Jersey’s role in the history of communications, computers, and electronics. The site has historical significance dating back to World War I and was a top secret center for U.S. Army Signal Corps Radar, electronic warfare, and communications. Major contributions were made to the space program, satellite program, transistor industry, computer industry, and America’s creation of the electronic battlefield.
For information about Landmark Volunteers, visit www.volunteers.com.
