“Find Your Good People’’

Surrounding yourself with great people is a necessary step to achieving your goals.

Richard Waite, Mount Markham Class of 1984, offered that advice as he was inducted into the Mount Markham Hall of Fame during Friday’s graduation exercises.

As a student at Mount Markham, Waite played basketball, baseball and football.

In his senior year, as a team captain, the Mustangs went unbeaten and won a Section Three championship.

After High School, Waite enlisted in the U.S. Navy and was a Navy Seabee from 1984 until 2005. He worked for the U.S. Naval Construction Force as well.

In September 1991 Waite began working for Standard Heating, Cooling and Insulating and in February 2020 became Chief Operating Officer.

Waite and his wife, Jill, the parents of three daughters, ...