Those I did not see at our 20 year reunion, it was a blast from the past! Wore my 1985 letter jacket to the 2005 Homecoming Game night before the reunion and was coined "retro-man". I still have my hair and keep in shape would surprise most people given all the Spartan burgers and beer I ate and drank in high school. I attended college and recieved a BBA Finance, University of Iowa, MBA DePaul University in Chicago. Aside from the formal education, let me say I also have a PHD from the School of Hard Knocks! The wildest thing I did in High School likely had to do with a midnight stop jumping the fence with a bottle of wine and a sleeping bag to the spartan logo on the 50 yard line of the football field. Enough said. My first crush broke my heart, but all so many did she is in good company. I hope my old friends remember me as a dependable guy who liked to have a good time, with a soft heart. When I travel to cities on business, after dining, I still get take out food and give it to the first homeless person I see. To be truly happy I would be selling hot dogs on West Palm beach, but until then I am working in the Chicago area, Darien, doing Operational Finance for a Fortune 20 corporation. My biggest surprise has been formally working overseas as an expatriot employee Financing projects for an oil and chemical multinational corporation, there is a big world out there. If I could do one thing different in my life it is taking more time to enjoy the simple, plain things in life instead of working so hard to attain the expensive toys in life. The movie "Into The Wild" says it best. The weirdest job I ever had was as a pool boy for an attractive, wealthy middle aged woman while in college. I lived in a fraternity house in Iowa City (TKE, Tau Kappa Epsilon), University of Iowa, that is about all I remember, like they say if you remember college life, you really didn't live it! I have lived in Asia and the United states primarily in the Philippines, Singapore and now the Chicago area. I have been to some really cool places, and met some really genuine people across the world. The most evoking moment was visiting the World War 2 Asian Pacific Memorial where the U.S. soldiers of Corrigidor and the Baatan Death March are buried with crosses as far and wide as the eye can see stretching across miles to the horizon. Unbelieveable sight, I broke down, fell to my knees, and prayed upon seeing first hand the true cost of war in terms of lives. In my only try, I ran a competitive race for elective office, but narrowly lost after an expensive, time consuming, nasty campaign, after realizing politics is not for me as it seems to bring out the worst in people. My current two daughters, and hopefully more children having married later in life the plumbing should still work, have been the focus and joy of my life supported by a loving wife. Always great to hear from old friends, ever the gossip, I have kept in touch with many here and there over the years. Observing modern youth and the current state of the educational system, we realize the special experience we had at P.V.
