After I scribbled in your year books and said my
goodbyes to most of you, I left Chester-F for the
"Hill", Foothill that is. Spent 2 years there taking GE
and a curriculum of Commercial Art. Then it was off to
SJ State for 2.5 years where I received my BS in Graphic
Design (don't figure, I was always into art). I took a
couple months off after that and decided to travel to
Australia, Canada and Mexico. Wow, that was an eye-
opener. Love the Aussies. May have married one had I
stayed longer.
The traveling didn't last long without the money flow
and my Awalt buddies were still going through school, so
in August of 87 I went to work for Lockheed in
Sunnyvale. In 89 I purchased a home in the Evergreen
area of San Jose and thought - life is great! I've been
with Lockheed now for 15 years as an Art Director
creating proposals, exhibits, designing brochures and
such (yeah, still drawing the pictures). Its been a lot
of fun working on programs like the Hubble Space
Telescope and the International Space Station.
I met my beautiful wife, Carol, at Lockheed in 95 and we
have been married now for 7 years. We purchased a home
and acreage together, in Gilroy, among the vineyards and
farms. Our three cats and 10 chickens keep us busy at
home since we chose not to have kids. Too much fun
traveling! We've been all over Indonesia, Europe,
Central America, and so many additional countries in the
Tropics as we both love to SCUBA dive too.
Seems from what I've read here that many of you have
been blessed with wonderful lives. And the kids! My
gosh, get those TVs fixed! Take care!