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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 4
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
( ) Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or
Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
Basil P. Regan
c/o Regan Partners, L.P.
6 East 43rd St.
New York, New York 10017
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
GenRad, Inc. (GEN)
3. IRS Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
4. Statement for Month/Year
6/98
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s)to Issuer (Check all
applicable)
( ) Director (X) 10% Owner ( ) Officer (give title below)
( ) Other (specify below)
7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
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TABLE I -- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED,
DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
1. Title of Security| 2. Transaction| 3. Transaction| 4. Securities | 5. Amount of | 6. Ownership |7. Nature of |
(Instr. 3) | Date | Code | Acquired (A) | Securities | Form: | Indirect |
| | (Instr. 8) | or Disposed | Beneficially | Direct (D) | Beneficial|
| (Month/ | | of (D) | Owned at End | or Indirect| Ownership |
| Day/ | | (Instr. 3,4, | of Month | (I) | (Instr. 4)|
| Year) | | and 5) | (Instr. 3 and 4)| (Instr. 4) | |
| | | | |(A) or| | | | |
| | Code | V | Amount|(D) |Price| | | |
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Common 6/2/98 P 10,000 A 17.683
Common 6/2/98 P 20,000 A 17.233
Common 6/2/98 P 10,000 A 17.8125
Common 6/4/98 P 10,000 A 16.8125
Common 6/4/98 P 20,000 A 16.6875
Common 6/5/98 P 20,000 A 17.000
Common 6/5/98 P 15,000 A 17.1875
Common 6/5/98 P 10,000 A 16.9375
Common 6/5/98 P 10,000 A 17.125
Common 6/8/98 P 10,000 A 17.325
Common 6/8/98 P 50,000 A 17.4375
Common 6/8/98 P 5,000 A 17.650
Common 6/9/98 P 10,000 A 17.25
Common 6/9/98 P 30,000 A 17.3125
Common 6/10/98 P 10,000 A 16.8125
Common 6/10/98 P 20,000 A 16.780
Common 6/10/98 P 20,000 A 16.831
Common 6/10/98 P 10,000 A 16.888
Common 6/11/98 P 20,000 A 16.5
Common 6/11/98 P 20,000 A 16.375
Common 6/11/98 P 10,000 A 16.925
Common 6/11/98 P 10,000 A 16.872
Common 6/11/98 P 10,000 A 16.8125
Common 6/11/98 P 10,000 A 16.751
Common 6/11/98 P 10,000 A 16.5625
Common 6/11/98 P 10,000 A 17.007
Common 6/12/98 P 35,000 A 17.647
Common 6/12/98 P 20,000 A 17.716
Common 6/12/98 P 10.000 A 17.931
Common 6/12/98 P 10,000 A 17.700
Common 6/12/98 P 10,000 A 18.391
Common 6/15/98 P 10,000 A 18.366
Common 6/15/98 P 10,000 A 18.649
Common 6/15/98 P 10,000 A 19.300
Common 6/15/98 P 10,000 A 19.375
Common 6/15/98 P 10,000 A 19.446
Common 6/16/98 P 10,000 A 19.9375
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Common 6/16/98 P 10,000 A 19.8125
Common 6/16/98 P 10,000 A 19.875
Common 6/16/98 P 10,000 A 20.125
Common 6/16/98 P 10,000 A 19.75
Common 6/17/98 P 20,000 A 20.559
Common 6/17/98 P 20,000 A 20.561
Common 6/17/98 P 10,000 A 20.466
Common 6/17/98 P 10,000 A 20.5
Common 6/17/98 P 20,000 A 20.659
Common 6/17/98 P 10,000 A 20.625
Common 6/17/98 P 10,000 A 20.579
Common 6/18/98 P 10,000 A 20.428
Common 6/18/98 P 1,700 A 20.6875
Common 6/18/98 P 10,000 A 20.375
Common 6/18/98 P 10,000 A 20.666
Common 6/19/98 P 10,000 A 21.25
Common 6/19/98 P 20,000 A 21.125
Common 6/30/98 P 25,000 A 19.850
Common 6/30/98 P 25,000 A 20.000 3,530,200* I General Partner
or Principal
of Investment
Manager
72,450 D
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TABLE II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED,
DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
1. Title of | 2. Conver- | 3. Trans- | 4. Trans- | 5. Number of | 6. Date Exer- | 7. Title and Amount |
Derivative | sion or | action | action | Derivative | cisable and | of Underlying |
Security | Exercise | Date | Code | Securities | Expiration | Securities |
(Instr. 3) | Price of | (Month/ | (Instr. | Acquired | Date | (Instr. 3 and 4) |
| Deri- | Date/ | 8) | (A) or | (Month/Day/ | |
| vative | Year) | | Disposed of | Year) | |
| Security | | | (D) (Instr. | | |
| | | | 3, 4 and 5) | | |
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| | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Date | Expira- | | Amount or |
| | | | | | | Exer- | tion | | Number of |
| | | Code | V | (A) | (D) | cisable | Date | Title | Shares |
___________________|_____________|____________|______|_____|________|________|_________|_________|________|____________|
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
| 8. Price of | 9. Number of | 10. Ownership | 11. Nature of |
| Derivative | derivative | Form of | Indirect |
| Security | Securities | Derivative | Beneficial |
| (Instr. 5) | Benefi- | Security | Ownership |
| | cially | Direct (D) | (Instr. 4) |
| | Owned at | or Indirect | |
| | End of | (I) (Instr. | |
| | Month | 4) | |
| | (Instr. 4) | | |
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Explanation of Responses:
* The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of these
securities except to the extent of his pecuniary interest
therein.
Basil P. Regan
/s/ Basil P. Regan July 10, 1998
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** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute
Federal Criminal Violations. See U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C.
78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be
manually signed. If space is sufficient, see Instruction 6 for
procedure.
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