" From 1986 to 1989, Roger ran the Illinois dropzone 'Skydive Sandwich'." I just looked at my log book and I began jumping at Skydive Sandwich in October of '82, so Roger opened it sometime before that.
I just saw Kim Barden's name in the comments ... probably the nicest person I met in the sport (even after I "crashed" his rig in the winter corn stubs as a newbie ... he let a 50 jump newbie borrow his rig!)
Jim Marolda