Lee Seghezzi 1983-1998

"A Santa Rosa High School graduate, lee served in the U.S. Navy from 1957-1960 as an E4-Gun Fire Control Technician. He worked for Santa Rosa Shoe Company for 22 years before coming to SRJC in December of 1983." (Insider excerpt)

"SRJC's warehouse will be operating in a reduced service mode…" Lee's passing had quite an impact on our campus, and not just the physical plant.

	This is not our warehouse. It seems ours had more "stuff" in it, but Lee knew where everything was.

What we remember about him and want to always remember him for:

• I remember with great fondness his rough/tough exterior which covered a gentle and warm man who worked hard at his job and was always willing to help in any way he could.
• Lee Seghezzi scared me to death when I first encountered him. He was always so gruff that I spent the first year of our association trying to figure out what I had done to antagonize him. Once I figured out that being thorny was just his way, I also discovered that he could be charmed with smiles, considerate gestures and humor, and after making friends with him I learned to really appreciate his deep and wide knowledge of this campus from the perspective of the Warehouseman. Getting a smile or a chuckle out of Lee was a high benchmark for any day, and I'm glad that we did laugh together a few times before he passed on.
  
• People might say he was a grumpy man...but I saw past that & he was kind to me.
• His bark was worse than his bite.
• Lee could be gruff but he had a heart of gold.
• Lee was a man with a gruff exterior but a heart of gold!
• He was the W.C. Fields of the warehouse and I still miss him
• Lee Seghezzi scared me to death when I first encountered him. He was always so gruff that I spent the first year of our association trying to figure out what I had done to antagonize him. Once I figured out that being thorny was just his way, I also discovered that he could be charmed with smiles, considerate gestures and humor, and after making friends with him I learned to really appreciate his deep and wide knowledge of this campus from the perspective of the Warehouseman. Getting a smile or a chuckle out of Lee was a high benchmark for any day, and I'm glad that we did laugh together a few times before he passed on.
• In spite of his gruff exterior and manners - he was really a person who cared about SRJC.
• He was gruff but with a heart of gold that he didn't show to just anyone.
• He was always kind to me & I miss his humour.
• Lee was not a pushover and stood up for what he believed
• I'll miss his fishing stories.
• I'm sorry he never got to enjoy his retirement.
• I worked in Facilities Operations and interacted daily with Lee for about 6 years. He was very cranky and gruff on the outside and a marshmallow on the inside. He used to put a dove chocolate candy on my desk almost every day. He loved to fish and talk about his daughter.
• His rarely seen smile and his soft heart underneath his gruff exterior.
  
• I miss nagging him about smoking and watching him grumbling off to the warehouse muttering to himself. I also miss the dark dove candy on my desk for no reason....just friendship. It was fun to try to get him to smile....I miss that most.
  
• I worked in Facilities Operations and interacted daily with Lee for about 6 years. He was very cranky and gruff on the outside and a marshmallow on the inside. He used to put a dove chocolate candy on my desk almost every day. He loved to fish and talk about his daughter.
  
• He came across as a grumpy old guy but could be a caring, soft hearted man.
  3. When I worked 7:00-4:00 in Bailey Hall he would come by early in the morning to pick up his mail and he always stopped by my office
  to say hello and chat for a few minutes. That is how I learned to know the other side of his personality.
• I remember that I loved to hear someone make Lee laugh because he always had such a gruffy personality.